Common name : Vetch, wild vetch
Common name in Hindi : Chatri, gegla
Common name in Urdu : Revari
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Diagnostic characters
Biology
Ecology and distribution
Nuisance
Weed control
Botany
Uses/Remark
References
Wild vetch is an annual herb having variable habit and height, usually 30 to 150cm tall. Its stem may be prostrate or climbing when is big and self supporting when small. The leaves are compound and the leaflets occur in pairs which are oblong in shape. The midrib often continues beyond the leaflets to form a tendril. The flowers are sessile solitary or by pair in leaf axils with deep reddish colour. The fruits are compressed brownish pods containing many seeds.
Native of Europe distributed over the northern Africa and western Asia. It may be cultivated as a fodder or grow as spontaneous plant in the cultural fields, sandy places and road sides.
In Punjab (Pakistan) minor winter weed.
- Chemical
Post-emergence application of 2_4-D at 500 g/ha or Metsulfuron at 4 g/ha.
Habit
Climbing or prostrate when is big and self supporting when small.
Stem
Angular more or less pubescent.
Leaves
Compound, pinnate, sub sessile with branched apical tendril. Each leaf with leaflets on either side of the rachis, 3 to 7, oblong, lanceolate or obovate. Stipules ovate acuminate, on the lower surface with a dark blotch, auricle acute or divided into acute segments.
Inflorescence
Flowers 1 to 3 in the leaf axils, shortly pedicelled; calyx divided about halfway down; corolla reddish violet, turning bluish violet.
Fruit
Pod much compressed, on the inside not coated with spongy layer, 3 to 5cm long by 4 to 7mm wide.
Seeds
Each pod contains about 6 to 11 seeds.
- Backer C. A., Bakhuizen Van Den Brink R. C. 1963. Flora of Java (Spermatophytes only). Noordhoff, Groningen, The Netherlands.
- Chhokar R. S., Chauhan D. S., Sharma R. K., Singh R. K. and Singh R. P. 2002. Major weeds of wheat and their management. Bulletin No. 13. Directorate of Wheat Research. Haryana, India.
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