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Pisum sativum

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Garden Pea
• English Pea
• Green Pea
• Common Pea
• Field Pea
• Snap Pea
• Sugar Pea
• Wan dou (Pinyin)
• Arbeja (Peru)
• Alberja (Peru)
• Pe-leikpya (Myanmar)
• Pe-sa-u (Myanmar)
• Pe-si-lon (Myanmar)
• Sadawpe (Myanmar)
• San-too-see (Myanmar)
• To-kam (Myanmar)
• Wan-du-si (Myanmar)
• Motorsuti (Bangladesh)
• Motor Kalai

Geographical Habitats

• Eurasia

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Jun-Jul

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Sep

Annual glabrous scrambling tendril herb with white sometimes marked purple or red 30mm flowers. Fruits to 100mm long, a brown pod, branched tendrils, inflorescence 3-flowered, pinnate cirrhiferous leaves, mucronulate leaflets

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Rubatzky 1997
• Viking 1999
• FONZ
• FOC
• FOBI
• Neotrop
• Bodkin
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• ILDIS
• Tanziman Ara