Vicia palaestina explained

Vicia palaestina, the Palestine vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region; Greece, the Aegean Islands, Turkey, Cyprus, the Levant, Sinai, and Iraq.^[1] Carbonized remains of its seeds have been tentatively identified in Mousterian Neanderthal deposits in Kebara Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel.^[2] Unlike many species of vetch, its seeds are non-toxic, and are edible even when raw.^[3]

Notes and References

1. 525009-1 . Vicia palaestina Boiss. . 6 February 2022 .
2. Mousterian vegetal food in Kebara Cave, Mt. Carmel . 2005 . Lev . Efraim . Kislev . Mordechai E. . Bar-Yosef . Ofer . Journal of Archaeological Science . 32 . 3 . 475–484 . 10.1016/j.jas.2004.11.006 . 2005JArSc..32..475L .
3. Wild edible plants in Yeşilli (Mardin-Turkey), a multicultural area . 2019 . Yeşil . Yeter . Çelik . Mahmut . Yılmaz . Bahattin . Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine . 15 . 1 . 52 . 10.1186/s13002-019-0327-y . 31690334 . 6833206 . free .