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Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra [3] (from Tagalog [4]) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus of the Sweet Pea Family (Papilionaceae) native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in ...
The leaves are pinnate with two leaflets and a terminal tendril, which twines around supporting plants and structures, helping the sweet pea to climb. In the wild plant the flowers are purple, 2–3.5 cm ( 3 ⁄ 4 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) broad; they are larger and highly variable in color in the many cultivars .
Siberian pea tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Cassia: cassias; Cassia leptophylla: gold medallion tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Centrolobium: Centrolobium robustum: canary wood Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Ceratonia: ceratonia trees; Ceratonia siliqua: carob tree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Cercis: redbuds; Cercis canadensis ...
The Fabaceae (/ f ə ˈ b eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) or Leguminosae, [6] commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, are a large and agriculturally important family of flowering plants. It includes trees , shrubs , and perennial or annual herbaceous plants , which are easily recognized by their fruit ( legume ) and their compound, stipulate ...
Very deeply lobed with the lobes being very drawn out and often making the leaf look somewhat like a branch or a pitchfork laminar: 3-D shape: Flat (like most leaves) lanceolate: lanceolatus: whole leaf: Long, wider in the middle, shaped like a lance tip linear: linearis: whole leaf: Long and very narrow like a blade of grass lobed: lobatus ...
In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaf or petiole with a thread-like shape used by climbing plants for support and attachment, as well as cellular invasion by parasitic plants such as Cuscuta. [1] There are many plants that have tendrils; including sweet peas, passionflower, grapes and the Chilean glory-flower. [2]
Lathyrus latifolius has winged hairless stems, and alternating blue green compound leaves consisting of a single pair of leaflets and a winged petiole about 2 inches (51 mm) long. The leaflets are narrowly ovate or oblong-ovate, smooth along the margins, hairless and up to 3 in (76 mm) long and 1 in (25 mm) across. There is a branched tendril ...
Lathyrus sativus, also known as grass pea, cicerchia, blue sweet pea, chickling pea, chickling vetch, Indian pea, [2] white pea [3] and white vetch, [4] is a legume (family Fabaceae) commonly grown for human consumption and livestock feed in Asia and East Africa. [5]