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'''Ksharaka''', is 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 . 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. 

It contains flavonoids, polypheols, alkaloids, glycosides, terpenoids, and saponins.<ref name="Chemical Composition"/>

{{Common names|kn=bataaniBataani, bataani Bataani kadale|ml=malankatalaMalankatala, pathanikatala, pattaniPathanikatala|sa=ativartulaAtivartula, mundachandakaMundachandaka|ta=vellappattaniVellappattani, katalaippattani, potayamKatalaippattani|te=bataani, bataniBataani, battaniBatani|hi=mattarMattar, wattahnaWattahna|en= Garden Pea}}

{{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|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|A Pod|8 x 1.5 cm|glabrousGlabrous; seeds subglobose. ||}}

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"/>

<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VERkeralaplants.2, Nin/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd. Sasidharan "aspx BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref><ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref><ref name="Cultivation details">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Pisum+sativum "Cultivation details"]</ref>

* [http://www.agriinfo.in/default.aspx?page=topic&superid=1&topicid=1213Pisum sativum on agriinfo.in] * [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Pisum+sativumPisum sativum on the ferns.info]