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Pisum sativum
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Pisum sativum L., Sp. Pl. 727. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 181. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 349(246). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pattanikadala, Pattanipayar, Malamkadala
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Garden pea, Peas, Peason
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Description:
Climbing herb with tendrils. Leaves even-pinnate, 25 x 10 cm, chartaceous, glabrous; leaflets 2-3 pairs, sub(opposite), ovate-oblong, 5 x 3 cm, base obtuse, margin coarsely toothed, apex acute; petiole 6 cm; rachis produced into a branched tendril; stipules foilaceous, larger than leaflets, oblong-lanceolate, 6 x 3 cm, toothed below and stem-clasping. Racemes to 10 cm, 2-3- flowered, or flower solitary. Calyx deeply 5-toothed, 1 cm long, glabrous; lobes oblong-acuminate, membranous. Corolla white, clawed; standard orbicular, 2 x 2.5 cm, apically notched; wings 1.8 x 1.2 cm; keels 1.5 x 0.8 cm. Stamens 9 + 1; sheath 1 cm; anthers uniform. Pistil glabrous, 0.6 cm; style apically dilated, margin reflexed, hairy on the inside near apex. Pod oblong, 8 x 1.5 cm, glabrous; seeds subglobose.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated in the High Ranges
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Distribution:
Native of Europe and Central Asia, now cultivated elsewhere
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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