About Vicia palaestina Boiss.
Vicia palaestina, commonly known as the Palestine vetch, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is native to the eastern Mediterranean region, including Greece, the Aegean Islands, Turkey, Cyprus, the Levant, Sinai, and Iraq. Carbonized remains of its seeds have been tentatively identified in Mousterian Neanderthal deposits at Kebara Cave, Mount Carmel, Israel. Unlike the seeds of many other vetch species, the seeds of Vicia palaestina are non-toxic, and are edible even when eaten raw.
