Azure
Blue Sweet Pea
a.k.a
Grasspea,
Chickling Pea, Indian Vetch
Lathyrus
sativus
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Remarkable azure
blue colored near relative of the common sweet pea. The blue color is
very rare in peas. The plant is a bushy vine, usually growing to 2-3ft,
or trailing along the ground. It is very adaptable to varying climate
conditions and can be grown in cool coastal areas as well as warm/hot
arid regions, provided it receives regular water. Grow as an annual. The
peas can be boiled and eaten, and this species is cultivated in parts
of Africa and Asia as a food crop. |
| Family: Leguminosae | Related Species |
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| Acacia koa | Koa |
| Caesalpinia echinata | Brazilwood |
| Ceratonia siliqua | Carob |
| Delonix regia | Royal Poinciana |
| Inga cinnamomea | Inga Acu |
| Inga edulis | Ice Cream Bean |
| Inga feuillei | Pacay |
| Inga marginata | Guabilla |
| Inocarpus fagifer | Polynesian Chestnut |
| Lablab purpurea | Hyacinth Bean |
| Pithecellobium dulce | Manila Tamarind |
| Tamarindus indica | Tamarind |