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Taxon:  Lathyrus sativus L.



Summary
Genus:
Lathyrus
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Fabeae
Nomen number:
21613
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:730. 1753
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
126 (126  active, 119  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
chickling-pea –
chickling-vetch –
dogtooth-pea –
grass peavine –
grass-pea –
Indian-pea –
khesari –
Riga-pea –
wedge peavine –
Arabic
gelban –
English (Canada)
chicken vetch –
French
gesse commune –
gesse cultivée –
lentille d'Espagne –
pois carré –
French (Canada)
gesse cultivée –
German
Saatplatterbse –
Portuguese
chícharo –
Spanish
chícharo –
Swedish
plattvial –
Transcribed Chinese
jia shan li dou –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedAfrica Africa n.
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
2CultivatedEurope Europe s. & c.
2CultivatedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
4NaturalizedAfrica Africa n.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
4NaturalizedEurope Europe s. & c.
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa (n.)
Asia-Temperate
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  • CHINA: China
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
  • REGION: Europe (s. & c.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • REGION: Africa (n.)
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
  • REGION: Europe (s. & c.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodpotential as forage Przybylska, J. et al. 1998. Diversity of seed albumins in the grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.): an electrophoretic study. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 45:423-431. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
Human foodvegetablebut a detoxifying method is needed fide Pl Res SEAs 1:50. 1989; Curr. Pl. Sci. Biotechnol. Agric. 19:144-155. 1996Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 1:50. URL: http://proseanet.org
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous


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