Fabaceae
Lathyrus

Lathyrus odoratus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 732 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Italy, Sicilia. It is a scrambling annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses, as a poison and a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Bunte Wicke, China Dushistaya, Chyna Pakhuchaya, Duftende Platterbse, Duftwicke, Dushistyi Goroshek, Ervilha De Cheiro, Etirli Kululche, Frijol De Olor, Gartenwicke, Gesse Odorante, Groszek Pachnacy, Guisante De Olor, Kvapusis Pelezirnis, Laats, Linte Odo
[ILDIS]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 2550 - 2620 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, trepadora
[CPLC]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176367/61528477

Conservation
CR - critically endangered
[IUCN]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
cenón, doncenón, guisante de olor
[UNAL]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Distribution
Cultivated in Colombia.
Ecology
Alt. 2550 - 2620 m.
[UPB]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 2550–2620 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Cundinamarca.
Habit
Herb, Climbing.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): CR B1ab(v)+2ab(v).
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Uses

Use
Chemical products, Domestic, Environmental
[ILDIS]

Use Gene Sources
Crop wild relatives which may possess beneficial traits of value in breeding programmes (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
[UPFC]

Common Names

English
Sweet Pea
Spanish
Doncenón, tacones.

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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