| Accepted name: |
Lathyrus sativus L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Grass Peavine
Cultivated Vetchling
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| French names: |
Gesse cultivée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Fabaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HLATSA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Mature seeds are used as pulse, boiled for soups etc, often ground into flour for marking bread, curries or paste balls. Outside S Asia the crop is used mostly for forage (seeds and green mass), in North America also for green manuring. The content of toxic non-protein amino acids must be taken into account for the human consumption.(1) |
| Key Characters: |
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