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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = ''Lathyrus sativus''<br /> | image = Lathyrus sativus.png<br /> | image_width = 250px<br /> | image_caption = ''Lathyrus sativus''<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Fabales]]<br /> | familia = [[Fabaceae]]<br /> | subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]<br /> | tribus = [[Vicieae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Lathyrus]]''<br /> | species = '''''L. sativus'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Lathyrus sativus''<br /> | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''''Lathyrus sativus''''', is a [[legume]] (family Fabaceae) commonly grown for human consumption and [[livestock]] feed in [[Asia]] and [[East Africa]]. It is a particularly important crop in areas that are prone to [[drought]] and [[famine]], and is thought of as an 'insurance crop' as it produces reliable yields when all other crops fail. It is also known as ''grass pea'', ''blue sweet pea'', ''chickling vetch'', ''Indian pea'', ''Indian vetch'', ''white vetch'', ''almorta'' or ''alverjón'' (Spain), ''cicerchia'' (Italy), ''guaya'' (Ethiopia), and ''khesari'' (India); consumption of this pulse in Italy is limited to some areas in the middle part of the country, and is steadily declining. Seed is sold for human consumption at markets in Florence (organic growers) and could be procured through the company Manufactum several years ago.<br /> <br /> Like other grain legumes, ''L. sativus'' produces a high-[[protein]] seed. The seeds also contain variable amounts of a [[neurotoxin|neurotoxic]] [[amino acid]] beta-oxalyl-L-alpha, beta-diaminopropionic acid or ODAP. ODAP is considered as the cause of the disease [[neurolathyrism]], a neurodegenerative disease that causes [[paralysis]] of the lower body. The disease has been seen to occur after [[famine]]s in Europe (France, Spain, Germany], North Africa, [[South Asia]], and is still prevalent in Eritrea, [[Ethiopia]] and Afghanistan (pan handle) when ''Lathyrus'' seed is the exclusive or main source of nutrients for extended periods. Research has shown that ODAP concentration increases in plants grown under stressful conditions, compounding the problem.<br /> <br /> Breeding programs are underway to produce lines of ''L. sativus'' that produce less ODAP.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> * {{cite book | author=[[William Curtis|Curtis, William]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17198 The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 4] | year=[[2006]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.ipbo.ugent.be/Ourresearch/Lathyrus.html IPBO Lathyrus Research Laboratory]<br /> *[http://www.clima.uwa.edu.au/lathyrus Lathyrus Lathyrism Newsletter]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Faboideae]]<br /> [[Category:Flora of Asia]]<br /> [[Category:Edible legumes]]<br /> [[Category:Medicinal plants]]<br /> [[Category:Poisonous plants]]</div>

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