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Lathyrus odoratus

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Linnaeus

Propagation

S.

Cultivated

C, grain legume, forage

Common Names

• Sweet Pea
• Xiang wan dou (Pinyin)
• Pe-pan (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Crete
• Italy
• Sicily

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Summer

Fruiting Times

• Summer-Autumn

Annual herbaceous hairy climbing tendril vine with racemes to 4 flowers, 35mm long scented flowers in large colour range, hirsute seed pod brown to 70mm, winged stems, mucronulate leaflets

Garden escapee

Seed edible, used as forage crop

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Norton 1996
• FOC
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus