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Lathyrus cicera L.

Red pea (en), Jarosse (fr), Gesse pois-chiche (fr), Gessette (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Lathyrus

Characteristics

An annual herb plant. It can grow 1 m tall and is climbing. The stems are winged. The leaves have 1 or sometimes 2 pairs of marrow sword shaped leaflets. The tendrils are branched. The flowers are red. They are 8-16 mm long and occur singly. They are on long stalks. The fruit are brown pods 20-40 mm long. They are hairless and have 2 keels on the upper edge.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.45
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
Root diameter (meter) 0.8
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in temperate and Mediterranean climates. It grows in grassy and bushy locations.
More
Fields and cultivated places. Herbaceous places, among shrubs, often as a weed.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The young seeds are sometimes eaten.
Uses animal food environmental use experimental purposes fodder food forage gene source human nutrition manure medicinal poison vertebrate poison
Edible fruits pods seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity weak toxic (seed)
Animal toxicity very strong toxic (seed)

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 20 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 10 - 18
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Lathyrus cicera habit picture by Catmic Catmic (cc-by-sa)
Lathyrus cicera habit picture by Nils Anthelme (cc-by-sa)
Lathyrus cicera habit picture by Jaime Ghuetu (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Lathyrus cicera leaf picture by bas yves (cc-by-sa)
Lathyrus cicera leaf picture by Dominique Wernert (cc-by-sa)
Lathyrus cicera leaf picture by Diego Alex (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lathyrus cicera flower picture by claire Felloni (cc-by-sa)
Lathyrus cicera flower picture by Ángel Sánchez (cc-by-sa)
Lathyrus cicera flower picture by Anja Sahinidis (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Lathyrus cicera fruit picture by Catmic Catmic (cc-by-sa)
Lathyrus cicera fruit picture by Carlos Junior (cc-by-sa)
Lathyrus cicera fruit picture by Tomaž Jančar (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lathyrus cicera world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Algeria, Spain, France, Georgia, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Malta, New Zealand, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Conservation status

Lathyrus cicera threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:501550-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212675
COL ID 6P32R
BDTFX ID 37865
INPN ID 105175
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lathyrus cicera f. angustifolius Lathyrus aegeus Cicercula cicera var. coromandelica Cicercula cicera var. foveolata Cicercula cicera var. parvula Cicercula cicera var. pilosa Cicercula cicera var. serotina Cicercula cicera var. vulgaris Lathyrus cicera var. angustifolius Lathyrus cicera var. genuinus Lathyrus cicera var. latifolius Lathyrus cicera var. sub-bijugus Lathyrus cicera var. tenuifolius Lathyrus cicera
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