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ID on ?edible pea
Can anybody give me an ID on this pea?
http://box.net/public/richwrig/dfiles/ClimbingPea.jpg It grows in late winter/early spring (Sydney, Australia) as a climber up to 3 m (10 feet). The pods, which are reasonably sweet and tasty, have a peculiar appearance of being closed by a purplish zipper. The location is on the edge of a communal vegetable garden but none of the community is ever there when I pass by. What is the speciesd/variety? Is it edible? |
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In article , Richard Wright wrote:
Can anybody give me an ID on this pea? http://box.net/public/richwrig/dfiles/ClimbingPea.jpg It's _Lablab purpureus_ (syn: Dolichos lablab) AKA Hyacinth bean. See http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MV019 for a bit of info. Google will find many other links, a couple of the more authoritative a http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/GBASE/DATA/PF000047.HTM and http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A114 Seeds are eaten, sometimes as "green peas"; but I've always thought them a bit sus as they're rather bitter (especially the pods). Note: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/Dolicla.htm There's a huge range of types and subspecies, some are much more suitable than others as a potential culinary bean. It grows in late winter/early spring (Sydney, Australia) as a climber up to 3 m (10 feet). Yeah. The one you have is a garden type rather than a "field bean" like the Australian cultivars Rongai and Highworth. The NSW department has released a white-seeded variety (Koala IIRC) which, I presume, is intended as a pulse crop for export as a dal. The pods, which are reasonably sweet and tasty, have a peculiar appearance of being closed by a purplish zipper. The location is on the edge of a communal vegetable garden but none of the community is ever there when I pass by. What is the speciesd/variety? Is it edible? Cheers, Phred. -- LID |
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