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(First upload on April 25 2015. Last on July 17 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]

Crops in Vicia L. (ソラマメ属作物)






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Vicia L. (ソラマメ)

V. faba L. (Soramame (ソラマメ/空豆, broad bean or fava bean)
Lifeform: annual or biennial forb
Origin: probably in southeastern Asia or northern Africa

introduced to Japan in 8th century

Chromosome number: 2n = 12
Use: medicine (constipation improvement, prevention of atherosclerosis, prevention of diabetes, diuretic promotion, inhibition of cancer, protection of skin and mucous membranes
索引
Observation of chromosome and somatic cell division
Methods: fixation → dye staining → preparation → observation
1-paired sex chromosome + 5 paried normal chromosomes = 12
chromosome
telocentric dedian chromosome
sub. medium chromosome

Vicia faba L. (ソラマメ)


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] beside a building in N24/E2, East Ward, Sapporo, on June 14 2024.

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