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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lathyrus tuberosus''
| image = Lathyrus Tuberosus closeup.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Flowers
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Vicieae]]
| genus = ''[[Lathyrus]]''
| species = '''''L. tuberosus'''''
| binomial = ''Lathyrus tuberosus''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L]].
}}
'''''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]].
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.
===Cultivation and uses===
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.
The plant is attractive and susceptible to [[slug]]s.
== External links ==
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Lathyrus+tuberosus&CAN=COMIND Plants for a Future database]
[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Root vegetables]]
[[Category:Underutilized crops]]
{{vegetable-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lathyrus tuberosus''
| image = Lathyrus Tuberosus closeup.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Flowers
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Vicieae]]
| genus = ''[[Lathyrus]]''
| species = '''''L. tuberosus'''''
| binomial = ''Lathyrus tuberosus''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L]].
}}
'''''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]].
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.
===Cultivation and uses===
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.
The plant is attractive and susceptible to [[slug]]s.
== External links ==
* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Lathyrus+tuberosus&CAN=COMIND Plants for a Future database]
[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Root vegetables]]
[[Category:Underutilized crops]]
{{vegetable-stub}}
