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Botanical Name
Lathyrus sativus - L.
Family
Papilionaceae
Common Name
Teora,Blue Sweet-pea, Chickling pea, Grass pea
Habit
Herb
Synonym
Lathyrus sativa L.
Habitat
Cultivated
Color Of Flower
Blue
Key Characters
Leaves with 1-2 pairs of foliaceous leaflets, distal and terminal ones modified into tendrils, flowers purple/blue; stem and pods winged
Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
 
Class :
Polypetalae
 
Series :
Calyciflorae
 
Order :
Rosales
Plant Description

Annual, much branched, glabrous herb with narrowly winged stem; leaves paripinnate; stipules broad, entire; petiole winged; leaflets 2, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, 2-10 cm long; stipels semi-sagittate, lanceolate, rachis of median and upper leaves usually terminating in trifid tendrils; flowers solitary axillary on long peduncles, longer than petioles, blue; calyx teeth subequal, lanceolate, twice as long as the tube; corolla red/blue/white; pods 2.5-4 cm, oblong, winged on the back, glabrous, 4-5 seeded.

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