| Species | synonym | engl. name | Use | Ctry | ref. |
| Vicia articulata Hornem. | V.monanthos (L.) Desf. | One-flowered vetch | G, F | TUR, SPA, MED | 1,2,5 |
| V. benghalensis L. | V.atropurpurea Desf | Purple vetch | F | IND, MENA | 1,8 |
| V. monantha Retz | V.calcarata Desf. (Dem) | Bard vetch | G | LIB, MENA | 2, 8 |
| V. ciliatula Lipsky | V.ciliata Lipsky | 7 | |||
| V. cracca L. | V. tenuifolia Gren&Godr | Tufted vetch | F | CHI, JAP | 1 |
| ssp. tenuifolia(Roth) Gaud | V. tenuifolia Roth | F | IRQ | 1 | |
| V. ervilia Willd | Ervum ervilia L. | Bitter vetch | G, F | MENA, WA | 1,2,5,8 |
| V. faba L. | Faba vulgaris Moench | Broad bean | G | widely | 1 |
| V. fulgens Battand. | Scarlet vetch | MENA | 8 | ||
| V. graminea Smith | V.selloi Vogel | F, G* | S.AM | 1,2 | |
| V. hirsuta(L.) Gray | Hairy tare | F | IND,EUR,WA,CIS | 1,2 | |
| V. johannis Taman. | G | TUR | 1 | ||
| V. narbonensis L. | Narbonne vetch | G, F | MENA | 1,7,8 | |
| V. pannonica Crantz | Hungarian vetch | G | TUR,GRG,MENA | 1,2,7,8 | |
| V. peregrina | Broad Pod vetch | F | 8 | ||
| V. pisiformis L. | Pale flowered vetch | G | Europe | 9 | |
| V. sativa L. ssp. sativa | Common vetch | G, F | widely | 1,7,8 | |
| ssp. amphicarpa | Subterranean vetch | F | 8 | ||
| V. tetrasperma (L.) Schreb | Smooth vetch | F | White Russia | 10 | |
| V. unijuga A.Br. | Orobus lathyroides L. | Two leaved vetch | F | SIB, MAN, JAP | 1,2 |
| V. villosa Roth | Hairy Vetch | C, F | USA, ETH | 1,7,8 | |
| ssp. varia (Host) Corb | ssp. dasycarpa (Ten)Cav | Woolly pod vetch | C, F | widely | 8 |
Abbreviations: C: Cover crop, G: Grain , F: Forage
CTRY: Country (mainly ex. ref. 1 and 2): CIS: former U.S.S.R.; EUR: Europe; ETH: Ethiopia; IND: India; JAP: Japan; GRG: Georgia; MAN: Manchuria; MED: Mediterranean region; MENA: Middle East and North Africa; PRT: Portugal; SPA: Spain; TUR: Turkey; WA: West Asia, WANA: West Asia and North Africa.
References: 1. Butler (1989) whose sources for her table on cultivated Vicieae were (Aykroyd and Doughty, 1982; Davis, 1970; Duke, 1981; Summerfield and Roberts, 1985; Thulin, 1983; Townsend and Guest, 1974; Zhukovsky, 1924) 2. Zeven and de Wet (1982) (sources likely to be based largely on Zhukovsky's work); 3. Duke, (1981) source: Fedchenko, S. (1948) Genus Vicia in 'Flora of U.S.S.R. Vol XIII etc. 12 species subgen. Vicia 19 species subgen. Vicilla as cultivated or semi-cultivated: V. benghalensis L., V. ervilia (L.) Willd., V. faba L., V. monantha Retz. (syn. V. calcarata Desf.), V. pannonica Crantz, V. sativa L., V. sativa L. ssp. nigra (L.) Ehrh., V. villosa Roth (syn. V. dasycarpa Ten.);5. Fischer, (1937); 6. Hermann, (1960); 7. Kupche, (1938); 8. Kernick, (1978); 9. Kunkel (1984); 10. Hegi & Gams, (1924)
* V. graminea was cultivated for its seed lectins (Labouriau, 1968; Ottensooser, 1955; Ottensooser, 1958)