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Seeds. The sweet pea, Lathyrus odoratus, is a flowering plant in the genus Lathyrus in the family Fabaceae (), native to Sicily, southern Italy and the Aegean Islands. [2]It is an annual climbing plant, growing to a height of 1–2 metres (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in), where suitable support is available.
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]
Most prized species of Tupelo for edibility, though all native Tupelo species have edible fruit. Gum Bully Olives, aka American Olives; Beautyberry; Buffaloberry; Multiple Sambucus species- particularly Canadensis and Cerulea. Red Elderberry species are not considered safely edible. Red Mulberry; Honeyberry is the only known edible species of ...
(Arabic: jilbāne) These wild peas are edible and eaten either raw or cooked. The same applies to the other species of vetchling (Lathyrus spp.) growing in Israel and Palestine. [41] [112] The L. blepharicarpus specie is prevalent all throughout the mountainous districts of the country.
Fruitarianism (/ f r uː ˈ t ɛər i ə n ɪ z əm /) is a diet that consists primarily of consuming fruits and possibly nuts and seeds, but without any animal products. [1] Fruitarian diets are subject to criticism and health concerns.
Caragana arborescens, the Siberian peashrub, [2] Siberian pea-tree, [3] or caragana, is a species of legume native to Siberia and parts of China (Heilongjiang, Xinjiang) and neighboring Mongolia and Kazakhstan. [4] It was taken to the United States by Eurasian immigrants, who used it as a food source while travelling west.
Short racemes of 4–11 flowers are produced from the axils of the leaves. The flowers, which are unscented, are about 3 ⁄ 4 –1 in (19–25 mm) across with a typical structure for Faboideae, with an upper standard and lower keel, enclosed by lateral petals. There are 5 petals, which are purplish pink, fading with age.
It is believed to have evolved in the Middle East, around Syria and Jordan, along with other leguminous species which have a centre of diversity in that region. [4] [5] Edible species of pea were first cultivated in the Fertile Crescent, while weeds such as L. aphaca are believed to have adapted naturally to an arable or similar human-disturbed habitat between about 23,000 and 11,000 years ago ...