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Pisum sativum

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	single stem
Habit	prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect, climber/scrambler/scadent	Category	pulses (grain legumes), medicinals & aromatic
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	10	24	4	30	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	800	1200	350	2500	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	60	70	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2700	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	7	4.5	8.3	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-2	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden, large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	60	140
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	ley cropping

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	protein	seeds
food & beverage	vitamins	seeds
food & beverage	minerals	leaves
material	cosmetics & perfumery	seeds
animal food (feed)	protein	entire plant
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
medicinal	nutritional applications	seeds
medicinal	skin applications	seeds