Tawny pea, Yellow wild pea,
Hebrew: אפון מצוי, Arabic:بسلة كهرمانية
| Scientific name: | Pisum fulvum Sm. | |
| Common name: | Middle-Eastern Wild Climbing Pea, Tawny pea, Yellow wild pea | |
| Hebrew name: | אפון מצוי | |
| Arabic name: | بسلة كهرمانية | |
| Family: | Fabaceae / Papilionaceae, פרפרניים |
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| Life form: | Therophyte, annual, climber | |
| Stems: | spreading or climbing by tendrils | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound, pinnate, dentate or serrate | |
| Flowers: | Orange; hermaphrodite | |
| Fruits / pods: | compressed , 2-valved, seeds subglobose, funicle dilated into an aril, covering the hilum | |
| Flowering Period: | February, March, April | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | The Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Pisum, the Latin name for the pea. fulvum, tawny-orange. The Hebrew name: אפון ,אפונה, afun, afuna, appears in the Mishnah, Kil'ayim Chapter 3:2 ( prohibitions).
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