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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

Skin burn.

Parts Used

Leaves, Fruits.

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.

Photo Gallery

References

External Links

[Common_names-1] "Vernacular names"

[Leaf-2] PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"

[Cultivation_details-3] "Cultivation details"

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