Pisum sativum L.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Pisum L.
Tribe: Vicieae
References: [454][754][801][2176]

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Other names:

• Lathyrus oleraceus Lam. [Synonym] [454]
  
• Pisum vulgare Jundz. [Synonym] [1061]
  

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Common Names:

• Alverja [1292] [1140]
  
• Arveja [1140] [1292]
  
• Ch¡charo [1470] [2157]
  
• Common Pea [1862]
  
• Erbse [2195]
  
• Field Pea [1902] [2014] [2089]
  
• Garden Pea [1850] [2080] [2089] [1847] [24]
  
• Garten Erbse [2205]
  
• Green Pea [1862] [2264]
  
• Guisante [1140]
  
• Mattar [2264]
  
• Pea [2201] [1915] [24]
  
• Petit Pois [1140] [1915]
  
• Petit Pois Sucr‚s [3052]
  
• Pois [1915]
  
• Pois France [2157]
  
• Pois Verts [2157]
  
• Sugar Pea [2089]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
• Lifespan:
  • Annual
• Stems:
  • Climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1988(Europe)ESFEDS
  • 1990(New Zealand & Pacific)Horn P
  • 1993 Bisby FA
  • 1993 Polhill RM
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
  • 1993(Indian Ocean)Lock JM & Ireland H
• Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator:
  • 1993 Maxted N
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Food and Drink [1292] [1847] [1850] [2086] [220]
  
• Forage [1292] [1862] [2080]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Algeria [454]
  • Egypt [454]
  • Ethiopia [24]
  • Kenya [8]
  • Libya [454]
  • Morocco [454]
  • Rwanda [220]
  • Tunisia [454]
  • Uganda [8]

• Asia [1179] [1587] [1862] [1869] [1914] [1929] [1937] [1938] [1947] [1969] [1979] [2176]
  • Afghanistan [1862]
  • Bhutan [1947]
  • China [1179] [1862]
  • India [1862] [1914]
  • India-ISO [1914]
  • Indonesia-ISO [1969]
  • Iran [1862] [1869]
  • Iraq [1862] [1869]
  • Japan [2176]
  • Pakistan [1862] [1938]
  • Philippines [1979]
  • Sri Lanka [1587]
  • Taiwan [1929]
  • USSR [1869]
  • Vietnam [1937]

• Australasia [261] [1880]
  • Australia [1880]
    • New South Wales
  • Papua New Guinea [261]

• Caribbean [2157]
  • Dominican Republic [2157]
  • Haiti [2157]

• Central America [1117] [1470]
  • Guatemala [1645]
  • Mexico(North & Central) [1470]
  • Mexico(South East) [1117]
    • Chiapas [1117]

• Europe [454] [2176] [2195] [2202] [2204] [2205] [2269] [2270]
  • Albania [754]
  • Austria-F.E. [754]
  • Balearic Is [454]
  • Bulgaria [754]
  • Corsica [754]
  • Czechoslovakia [2204]
  • France-F.E. [754]
  • Germany [2195]
  • Great Britain [2202]
  • Greece [754]
  • Italy-F.E. [754]
  • Kriti [454]
  • Malta [454]
  • Netherlands [2270]
  • Norway [2269]
  • Portugal [754]
  • Romania [754]
  • Sardegna [754]
  • Sicilia [454]
  • Spain-F.E. [754]
  • Sweden [2176]
  • Switzerland [2205]
  • Turkey in Europe [754]
  • USSR:C-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:K-F.E. [754]
  • USSR:W-F.E. [754]
  • Yugoslavia [754]

• Indian Ocean [1915] [3054] [3067]
  • Mauritius [3067]
  • Mayotte [3054]

• Middle East [454] [1862] [1869] [1896]
  • Cyprus [1869]
  • East Aegean Is(Greek) [454]
  • Israel [1862]
  • Lebanon [1862]
  • Saudi Arabia [1896]
  • Syria [1862] [1869]
  • Turkey in Asia [1869]

• North America [1847] [1850] [2113]
  • Canada [1115]
  • Greenland [2113]
  • United States [1847] [1850]

• Pacific Ocean [2080] [2235] [2264]
  • Fiji [2264]
  • New Zealand(North) [2080]
  • New Zealand(South) [2080]
  • Northern Marianas [2235]

• South America [1140] [2090] [2176]
  • Argentina [1140]
  • Colombia [1292]
  • Peru [2090] [2176]

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Notes:

• Two subspecies recognised: see subsp sativum & elatius.
  
• Cultivated in the Mascarenes. [1915]
  
• Peas are the forth most important legume pulse. [3298]
  
• World production 10.7 M tonnes of dry peas on 5.9 M hectares in 2000. [3298]
  
• World production 0.7 M tonnes of green peas on 0.9 M hectares in 2000. [3298]
  
• Majority used for pulse production and the remainder largely frozen for food. [3298]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:18:34