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[[File:Doperwt rijserwt peulen Pisum sativum.jpg|thumb|right|''Vartula'', ''Pisum sativum'']]
'''Ksharaka''' is P. sativum is an annual plant. 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==
{{Uses|Skin burn}}.
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Pinante|alternateAlternate|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. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|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===
{{Fruit|A Pod|8 x 1.5 cm|glabrousGlabrous; seeds subglobose. ||}}
===Other features===
==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.<ref name="Cultivation details"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
