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The leaves vary from light green to dark green, and are alternate and compound with many small leaflets. Fragrant yellow flowers bloom in May or June. The fruits are legumes which contain many seeds, and ripen in July. As the seed pods dry they have a tendency to twist and pop open, releasing the seeds. [5]
Botanically, pea pods are fruit, [4] since they contain seeds and develop from the ovary of a (pea) flower. The name is also used to describe other edible seeds from the Fabaceae such as the pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), the cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), the seeds from several species of Lathyrus and is used as a compound form for example Sturt's ...
A child holding an edible pod pea in Kenya. Snow peas, along with snap peas and unlike field and garden peas, are notable for having edible pods that lack inedible fiber [11] (in the form of "parchment", a fibrous layer found in the inner pod rich in lignin [12]) in the pod walls. Snow peas have the thinner walls of the two edible pod variants.
The seeds are used for human and animal consumption or for the production of oils for industrial uses. Grain legumes include both herbaceous plants like beans, lentils, lupins, peas and peanuts, [67] and trees such as carob, mesquite and tamarind. Lathyrus tuberosus, once extensively cultivated in Europe, forms tubers used for human consumption ...
The lower leaves tend to be palmately compound with five leaflets while leaves higher up are usually have three leaflets, but occasionally have four. [7] The leaves are still present when the plant begins to flower. [6] The short racemes are 1–5.9 centimeters long with between seven and twenty-one indigo colored pea-flowers, each 4.5–6 cm ...
Lathyrus latifolius, the perennial peavine, perennial pea, broad-leaved everlasting-pea, [2] or just everlasting pea, is a robust, sprawling herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae. It is native to Europe but is present on other continents, such as North America and Australia, [3] where it is most often seen along ...
The showy yellow flowers, about 1 inch (25 mm) across, grow 2 to 4 together in clusters on the stem. Flowers normally bloom July-September. The fruit is a straight, narrow pod 1.5 to 2.5 inches (38 to 64 mm) long, which splits along 2 sutures as it dries; the pod sides spiral to expel the seeds some distance from the parent plant. [8]
The leaves are also edible. [8] The leaves are eaten young. The seed pods are also consumed, similarly only when young. [6] The leaves are sometimes available commercially, but flowers and seed pods come primarily from kitchen gardens. [6] The common name of the flower is Heron Flower. It is very popular in Assam, India where it is known as Bok ...