Vicia sativa var. angustifolia L. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Fl. Suec., ed. 2: 255 (1755) in obs. —E.G. Baker, Legum. Trop. Africa: 346 (1929). —Verdcourt in F.T.E.A., Leguminosae, Pap.: 1069, fig. 153/13 (1971). —Troupin, Fl. Rwanda, Spermatophytes 2: 164, fig. 47/4 (1983). Type from Switzerland.
Vicia angustifolia L. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Amoen. Acad. 4: 105 (1759). Type from England.
Vicia sativa var. nigra L. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Sp. Pl., ed. 2: 1037 (1763). Type from Europe.
Vicia sativa subsp. nigra L. Ehrh. [family LEGUMINOSAE], Hannover. Mag. 1780 (15): 229 (1780). —Drummond in Kirkia 8: 228 (1972).
Vicia abyssinica Alef. [family LEGUMINOSAE], in Bonplandia 9: 72 (1861). Type from Ethiopia.
Vicia sativa var. abyssinica Alef. Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE], in F.T.A. 2: 172 (1871). —Robyns, Fl. Sperm. Parc Nat. Alb. 1: 334 (1948). —Boutique in F.C.B. 6: 80 (1954).