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Pisum sativum - Vartula

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Vartula, Pisum sativum

Ksharaka, P. sativum is an annual plant, with a life cycle of one year. It is a cool-season crop grown in many parts of the world; planting can take place from winter to early summer depending on location. The average pea weighs between 0.1 and 0.36 gram. The immature peasare used as a vegetable, fresh, frozen or canned.

Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

It contains flavonoids, polypheols, alkaloids, glycosides, terpenoids, and saponins.

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada bataani, bataani kadale
Hindi mattar, wattahna
Malayalam malankatala, pathanikatala, pattani
Tamil vellappattani, katalaippattani, potayam
Telugu bataani, batani, battani
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit ativartula, mundachandaka
English Garden Pea

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Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Pinante alternate Leaves even-pinnate, 25 x 10 cm, chartaceous, glabrous; leaflets 2-3 pairs, sub(opposite), ovate-oblong, 5 x 3 cm, base obtuse, margin coarsely toothed, apex acute; petiole 6 cm; rachis produced into a branched tendril; stipules foilaceous, larger than leaflets, oblong-lanceolate, 6 x 3 cm, toothed below and stem-clasping.

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Raceme White 5 Racemes to 10 cm, 2-3- flowered, or flower solitary. Calyx deeply 5-toothed, 1 cm long, glabrous; lobes oblong-acuminate, membranous. Corolla white, clawed; standard orbicular, 2 x 2.5 cm, apically notched; wings 1.8 x 1.2 cm; keels 1.5 x 0.8 cm. Stamens 9 + 1; sheath 1 cm; anthers uniform. Pistil glabrous, 0.6 cm; style apically dilated, margin reflexed, hairy on the inside near apex.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A Pod 8 x 1.5 cm glabrous; seeds subglobose. {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Pre-soak the seed for 24 hours in warm water and then sow in situ in succession. Pea seeds germinate at an ambient temperature of between 4 - 24°c, with 13 - 18°c; sprouting should take place in about 7 - 10 days. [3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Temperate area, Sub Tropical area.

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