Pisum sativum L.Family: Fabaceae
Common name: Pea, garden pea, green pea, snap pea
Arabic: بازلاء
Bengali: Matar, মটরশুঁটি
Bulgarian: Грах
Chinese: 豌豆
French: Pois
German: Erbse
Gujarati: Patana, વટાણા
Gurani: Kumanda
Hindi: मटर Matar
Japanese: エンドウ
Kannada: Batgadle, Bahtahna
Malayalam: പട്ടാനീ Pattani
Manipuri: হৌৱাঈথৰক Houwaitharak
Marathi: Vatane
Russian: Горох посевной
Sanskrit: हरेणुः harenu, Renuka, Satila, Triputa
Tamil: பட்டாணி Battani
Telugu: బఠాణి, batani
Urdu: Matar
Vietnamese: Đậu Hà Lan
Description: Annual, Herbs, Vines, twining, climbing, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems prostrate, trailing, or mat forming, Stems less than 1 m tall, Climbing by tendrils, Stems hollow, or spongy, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules green, triangu late to lanceolate or foliaceous, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Stipules cordate, lobed, or sagittate, Stipules toothed or laciniate, Leaves compound, Leaves even pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 2, Leaflets 4, Leaflets 5-9, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Flowers solitary in axils, or appearing solitary, Flowers in axillary clusters or few-floweredracemes, 2-6 flowers, Inflorescence axillary, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx glabrous, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals white, Petals pinkish to rose, Petals blue, lavander to purple, or violet, Banner petal suborbicular, broadly rounded, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals incurved, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens diadelphous, 9 united, 1 free, Filaments hairy, villous, Style terete, Style sharply bent, Style hairy, Style hairy on one side only, Fr uit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit indehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit inflated or turgid, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seed surface wrinkled or rugose, Seeds olive, brown, or black.
Used in Ayurveda, Unani and Sidha. Root juice given for fever. Seed contraceptive, fungistatic, spermicide, for diabetes, acne and wrinkled skins, wounds and bruises, skin complaints; flour from the seeds emollient and resolvent, applied as a cataplasm. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Pea seeds are thought to cause dysentery when eaten raw. In Spain, fl our is considered emollient and resolvent, applied as a cataplasm. The seed is regarded as contraceptive, fungistatic and spermacidal. The dried and pulverised seed has been used as a poultice on the skin to treat many types of skin complaints including acne. The oil from the seed, administered once a month to women, has shown promise in preventing pregnancy by interfering with the activity of progesterone. [Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants V2]
Used in Ayurveda, Unani and Sidha. Root juice given for fever. Seed contraceptive, fungistatic, spermicide, for diabetes, acne and wrinkled skins, wounds and bruises, skin complaints; flour from the seeds emollient and resolvent, applied as a cataplasm. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants]
Pea seeds are thought to cause dysentery when eaten raw. In Spain, fl our is considered emollient and resolvent, applied as a cataplasm. The seed is regarded as contraceptive, fungistatic and spermacidal. The dried and pulverised seed has been used as a poultice on the skin to treat many types of skin complaints including acne. The oil from the seed, administered once a month to women, has shown promise in preventing pregnancy by interfering with the activity of progesterone. [Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants V2]
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