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    Facts about Red pea

    By SylviaJune 10, 2022Updated:June 12, 2022No Comments5 Mins Read
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    Red pea Quick Facts
    Name: Red pea
    Scientific Name: Lathyrus cicera
    Origin Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East
    Shapes Hairless dehiscent legume pod
    Taste Astringent, Sweet, pungent
    Lathyrus cicera commonly known as Red pea or Red vetchling is an annual cool-season grain legume belonging to Fabaceae / Leguminosae (Pea family). The plant is native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, and it is known from other places as an introduced species. Some of the popular common names of the plants are Flat-pod peavine, Flatpod peavine, Flat-podded vetchling, Dwarf chickling-vetch, lesser chickpea, Red pea, Chickling-vetch, Red vetchling, Vetchling and wild vetch. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It has occasionally been cultivated in southern Europe for the edible seed. The plant is sometimes grown to stabilize and restore soils. The plant is sometimes a weed of cultivated crops and along the edges of fields.

    Red Pea Facts

    Name Red pea
    Scientific Name Lathyrus cicera
    Native Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East
    Common Names Flat-pod peavine, Flatpod peavine, Flat-podded vetchling, Dwarf chickling-vetch, Lesser chickpea, Red pea, Chickling-vetch, Red vetchling, Vetchling, wild vetch
    Name in Other Languages Albanian: Vingjra qiqër, vingjër
    Arabic: Djelbane Bou q’roun, jalban himsiun (جلبان حمصي)
    Bulgarian: Nakhutovo sekirche (нахутово секирче)
    Catalan: Guixó cigronenc, guixonera, guixó
    Chinese:  Dui ye xiang wan dou,  Xiang wan dou
    Croatian: Crvena kukavičica
    Czech: Hrachor cizrnový, hrachor cizrnovitý
    Danish: Foderfladbaelg, Murstensrød fladbælg
    Dutch: Kekerlathyrus
    English: Flat-pod peavine, Flatpod peavine, Flat-podded vetchling, Dwarf chickling-vetch, Lesser chickpea, Red pea, Chickling-vetch, Red vetchling, Vetchling, wild vetch
    Finnish: Etelännätkelmä
    French: Gesse chiche, Jarosse, gesse garosse, gesse pois-chiche, gessette, petite gesse
    German: Futterplatterbse, Platterbse, Kleine Platterbse, Rote Platterbse, Kicher-Platterbse, Kichererbsen-Platterbse
    Hindi: Khesari, Latri, Latree, Khesari, Kesari dal
    Hungarian: Csicseri borsó, csicserilednek
    Italian: Moco, Mochi, Cicerchia cicerchiella, cicherchia
    Maltese: Gilbiena tas-serp
    Netherlands: Lathyrus, keker
    Occitan: Garoulhe, garousse
    Portuguese: Chícharo-miudo, Cisirão-branco, araca, chícaros, chícharo-branco, chícharo-bravo, chícharos-miudos, cizirão, cizirão-branco, grão-da-gramicha
    Russian: China Nutovaya (чина нутовая)
    Serbian: Cастрица
    Slovak: Hrachor, hrachor cicerovitý
    Slovene: Cičkasti grahor               
    Spanish: Galgana, Cicércula, Almorta de monte, Titarro, almorta Silvestre, cichercha, diente de muerto, galgarra, guija, guisa Silvestre, lenteja forrajera
    Swedish: Rödvial
    Turkish: Colban
    Ukrainian: China nutova (чина нутова)
    Plant Growth Habit Annual or perennial cool season climbing herb
    Growing Climates Fields and cultivated places
    Plant Size Up to 1 meter
    Stem Stems are prostrate, branching from near the base and often clinging to the surrounding vegetation by means of tendrils
    Leaf Leaves are each made up of two leaflike linear leaflets 3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 in) long. They also bear branched, curling tendrils
    Flower Inflorescence holds a single pea flower 1 to 1.5 centimeters (0.39 to 0.59 in) wide which is a varying shade of red.
    Fruit Shape & Size Fruit is a hairless dehiscent legume pod
    Taste Astringent, Sweet, pungent
    Plant Parts Used Seeds
    Traditional Uses
    • Oil from the seeds of Grass Pea stimulate Bowel movement.

    Plant Description

    Red pea is an annual or perennial cool season climbing herb that normally grows up to 1 meter tall from a thin rootstock. The plant is found growing in fields and cultivated places. The stems are prostrate, branching from near the base and often clinging to the surrounding vegetation by means of tendrils. The leaves are each made up of two leaf like linear leaflets 3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 in) long. They also bear branched, curling tendrils. The inflorescence holds a single pea flower 1 to 1.5 centimeters (0.39 to 0.59 in) wide which is a varying shade of red. It blooms from spring to summer. Fertile flowers are followed by hairless dehiscent legume pod.

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    Culinary Uses

    • Seedpods must be well cooked.
    • Pea seeds are used as food in many dishes.
    • In India, the seeds are dried, split and used to make dal.
    • In Ethiopia, the seeds are finely ground to make a sauce.
    • The sauce is supplemented with the Ethiopian traditional dish called Injera.
    • In Nepal and Bangladesh, seeds are ground to make flour and used for flatbread or roti making.

    Other Facts

    • It is widely cultivated for human consumption and economic use.
    • The seeds are used for human consumption and the fodder is for livestock feeding.
    • The pea foliage and seeds are economically used as fodder.
    • They can be used fresh, dried and as silage.
    • The plant is used as a green manure and soil cover for preventing erosion and for rehabilitating degraded land.

    Precautions

    • The seed (and possibly the whole plant) is poisonous unless well cooked.
    • The seed of some species in this genus contain a toxic amino acid that can cause a severe disease of the nervous system known as ‘lathyrism’ if they are eaten in large amounts (although small quantities are said to be nutritious).
    • Excess and prolonged intake may cause paralysis below the knees in adults and brain damage in children.
    • It is the cause of neurological disorders in the human body.
    • Symptoms appear as a paralysis of the muscles below the knees, pains in the back, followed by weakness and stiffness of the legs and progressive locomotive incoordination.

    References:

    https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=25841#null

    https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21553

    https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lathyrus+cicera

    http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ild-7747

    https://npgstest2.agron.iastate.edu/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=21553

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lathyrus_cicera

    https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/LTHCI

    https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/31582

    http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Lathyrus+cicera

    https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=LACI

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    Red pea Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Lathyrus cicera

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (land plants)
    Superdivision Spermatophyta (Seed plants)
    Division Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
    Subdivision Spermatophytina  (spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames)
    Class Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
    Subclass Rosidae
    Superorder Rosanae
    Order Fabales
    Family Fabaceae / Leguminosae (Pea family)
    Sub Family Faboideae
    Genus Lathyrus L. (pea)
    Species Lathyrus cicera L. (red pea)
    Synonyms
    • Cicercula anceps Moench
    • Cicercula cicera (L.) Alef.
    • Cicercula cicera var. coromandelica Alef.
    • Cicercula cicera var. foveolata Alef.
    • Cicercula cicera var. parvula Alef.
    • Cicercula cicera var. pilosa Alef.
    • Cicercula cicera var. serotina Alef.
    • Cicercula cicera var. vulgaris Alef.
    • Lathyrus aegaeus Davidov
    • Lathyrus aegeus Davidov
    • Lathyrus cicera f. angustifolius (Rouy) Bolzon
    • Lathyrus cicera var. angustifolius Rouy
    • Lathyrus cicera var. genuinus Rouy
    • Lathyrus cicera var. latifolius Rouy
    • Lathyrus cicera var. sub-bijugus Cout.
    • Lathyrus cicera var. tenuifolius Foucaud & Simon
    • Lathyrus cicerinus St.-Lag.
    • Lathyrus dubius Ten.
    • Lathyrus erythrinus C.Presl
    • Lathyrus italicus Juss.
    • Lathyrus italicus Juss. ex Spreng.
    • Lathyrus pilosus Steud. & Hochst.
    • Lathyrus pilosus Steud. & Hochst. ex Rchb.
    • Lathyrus purpureus C.Presl
    • Lathyrus siculus Steud.
    • Lathyrus szowitsii Boiss.
    • Lathyrus szowitzii Boiss.
    • Pisum rubrum E.H.L.Krause
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