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Lathyrus fulvus (Sm.) Kosterin

General View, April. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility
Delicious
Edible part
  • Leaves
  • Pods
  • Seeds
Preparation
  • Cooked
  • Raw
Blooming period
February to April
Foraging period
March to April
Seed collection period
May to June

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Orange
Leaf type
  • Compound
  • Pinnate
Life form
  • Annual
  • Climber

Scientifc data

Genus
Pisum
Family
Fabaceae
Wikidata item
Q90473248
GBIF Item
Lathyrus fulvus (Sm.) Kosterin (10924252)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Near threatened

References

  1. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  2. Lathyrus fulvus (Sm.) Kosterin in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-03-24.
  3. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  4. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  5. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.

Citation

Lathyrus fulvus (Sm.) Kosterin in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/596 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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