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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = ''Lathyrus tuberosus''<br /> | image = Lathyrus Tuberosus closeup.JPG<br /> | image_width = 240px<br /> | image_caption = Flowers<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. tuberosus'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Lathyrus tuberosus''<br /> | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L]].<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''''Lathyrus tuberosus''''', also known as the '''Tuberous Pea''', '''Earthnut Pea''', or '''Aardaker''', is a small, [[vine|climbing]] [[perennial plant]], native in moist temperate parts of [[Europe]] and western [[Asia]].<br /> <br /> The plant is a trailer or weak climber, supported by [[tendril]]s, growing to 1.2 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnate, with two leaflets and a branched twining tendril at the apex of the petiole. Its [[flower]]s are [[plant sexuality|hermaphroditic]], pollinated by [[bee]]s. The plants can also spread vegetatively from the root system.<br /> <br /> ===Cultivation and uses===<br /> It is occasionally grown as a [[root vegetable]] for its edible [[tuber]]. The sweet, [[starch]]y tubers are edible cooked or raw. Although palatable and nutritious, the crop is hampered by low productivity.<br /> <br /> The plant is attractive and susceptible to [[slug]]s.<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Lathyrus+tuberosus&amp;CAN=COMIND Plants for a Future database]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Faboideae]]<br /> [[Category:Root vegetables]]<br /> [[Category:Underutilized crops]]<br /> <br /> {{vegetable-stub}}</div>

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