Weed Herbarium

Bon Masur

Common Name: Hairy vetch
Scientific Name: Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray
Family Name: Leguminosae
Type: Broad leaf

Identification Notes

EPPO Code

VICHI

Life Cycle

Annual

Morphology

Growing season

Rabi

Germination period

December - March

Flowering period

January - March

Propagation

By Seed

Habitat

Grows in dry land crop fields especially in winter season crops such as pulses, wheat, barley, mustard, potato etc.

Weed potential

Control measure

Recommended herbicide

Distribution

Native to northern and central Africa, the Azores, the Madeira Islands, the Canary Islands, Europe, the middle-east, western Asia, Russia, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the Indian Sub-continent.

Department of Agronomy

Bangladesh Agricultural University