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Lathyrus tuberosus

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643fdf17b236a526307739
Scientific name Lathyrus tuberosus
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 732 (1753)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
- Starchy tuber (root tuber) used historically as a food crop (root vegetable) in parts of Europe, processed by boiling, roasting, or baking.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
- Edible tuber of Lathyrus tuberosus was consumed as a root vegetable in traditional European cuisines, particularly in areas where the plant occurred spontaneously in fields and hedgerows; the tuber is typically cooked by boiling, roasting, or baking before consumption. No significant modern commercial cultivation or industrial food use is recorded. No culinary or health claims are implied.

Properties relevant to use:
- The tuber is composed of starch; such starch-based organs are generally suitable for boiling, roasting, or milling to flour if processed, with texture and flavor comparable to other starchy root vegetables. No specific compositional data (e.g., amylose/amylopectin ratio, moisture, pectin content) are documented for this taxon in the cited sources, so the general expectation of starch-based functionality is noted without specification.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Lathyrus festivus Sennen Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat.26: 123 (1927 publ. 1928)
Lathyrus attenuatus Viv. Fl. Ital. Fragm.: 19 (1808)
Lathyrus tuberculatus Gaudin Fl. Helv.4: 488 (1829)
Pisum tuberosum (L.) E.H.L.Krause J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 9: 52 (1901)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English macjonc
English tuberous vetchling
English tuberous sweetpea
English tuberous pea
Bulgarian грудково секирче
Bulgarian Грудков грах
Catalan guixera borda
Catalan guixó tuberós
Czech hrachor hlíznatý
cv Паранкăллă тăрна пăрçи
Welsh ytbysen gnapiog
German knollen-platterbse
German knollige platterbse
German knollenplatterbse
Esperanto tubera latiro
Estonian seapähkel
Persian خلر غدهدار
Finnish mukulanätkelmä
French macjonc
French gesse tubereuse
French gesse tubéreuse
Upper Sorbian pólny hróšik
Hungarian gumós lednek
Hungarian mogyorós lednek
Armenian տափոլոռ պալարակիր
Icelandic hnúðertur
Japanese キュウコンエンドウ
Georgian თერო
Latvian bumbuļu dedestiņa
Norwegian Bokmål jordflatbelg
Dutch aardaker
os Теро
Polish groszek bulwiasty
Romanian oreșniță
Russian чина клубненосная
Slovak hrachor hľuznatý
Slovenian gomoljasti grahor
Swedish knölvial
Ukrainian чина бульбиста
Chinese 玫紅山黧豆
Chinese 玫红山黧豆
Chinese 五脉山黧豆

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.
Resents Transplanting: These plants do not tolerate the disturbance of their roots well. It's best to sow these seeds in their final growing location or in a container from which they can be moved without disturbing the root ball.
Requires Scarification: Scarification involves physically breaking, scratching, or softening the seed coat to allow water absorption and germination to occur. This can be done by nicking the seed coat with a knife or rubbing the seeds between sheets of sandpaper.
Requires Soaking: These seeds need to be soaked in warm water until they swell, which can take 24-48 hours. Seeds that float are usually not viable and should be discarded, along with the soaking water.
plant in deep pot

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • Xinjiang
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Russian Far East
      • Magadan
      • Primorye
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
    • Western Asia
      • Iran
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Great Britain
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Minnesota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • New York
      • Vermont
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Washington
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Kentucky
      • Tennessee

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000213826
Canadensys 5759
USDA Plants LATU
Tropicos 13021758
INPN 105273
Flora of Italy 2489
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:502065-1
The Plant List ild-8888
PFAF Lathyrus tuberosus
Open Tree Of Life 554272
Observations.org 6958
NCBI Taxonomy 49829
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003302
Nature Serve 2.147779
IUCN Red List 176505
IPNI 502065-1
iNaturalist 55729
GBIF 5356522
Freebase /m/076956
WisFlora 4023
EPPO LTHTU
EOL 703986
Elurikkus 5408
USDA GRIN 21622
Wikipedia Lathyrus_tuberosus

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_022829125.1 ASM2282912v1 Contig Ruhr-University Bochum 2022-04-08 30 6.32 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Comparative Assessment of Lignan Profiling and Biological Activities of Schisandra henryi Leaf and In Vitro PlantForm Bioreactor-Grown Culture Extracts Jafernik K, Kubica P, Dziurka M, Kulinowski Ł, Korona-Głowniak I, Elansary HO, Waligórski P, Skalicka-Woźniak K, Szopa A Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 29-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11053505
doi:10.3390/ph17040442
PMID:38675405
A Comprehensive Study on Lathyrus tuberosus L.: Insights into Phytochemical Composition, Antimicrobial Activity, Antioxidant Capacity, Cytotoxic, and Cell Migration Effects Jakabfi-Csepregi R, Alberti Á, Felegyi-Tóth CA, Kőszegi T, Czigle S, Papp N Plants (Basel) 14-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10821300
doi:10.3390/plants13020232
PMID:38256785
The complete chloroplast genome of Cicer reticulatum and comparative analysis against relative Cicer species Mehmetoğlu E, Kaymaz Y, Ateş D, Kahraman A, Tanyolaç MB Sci Rep 19-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10587350
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-44599-1
PMID:37857674
Examination of the Effects of Domestic Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) Grazing on Wetland and Dry Grassland Habitats Fűrész A, Penksza K, Sipos L, Turcsányi-Járdi I, Szentes S, Fintha G, Penksza P, Viszló L, Szalai F, Wagenhoffer Z Plants (Basel) 31-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10255522
doi:10.3390/plants12112184
PMID:37299162
Features of Natural Succession of Ex-Arable Forest Steppe Grassland (from Western Romania) under the Influence of Climate Sărățeanu V, Cotuna O, Paraschivu M, Cojocariu LL, Horablaga NM, Rechițean D, Mircov VD, Sălceanu C, Urlică AA, Copăcean L Plants (Basel) 07-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10059065
doi:10.3390/plants12061204
PMID:36986892
Iconic Arable Weeds: The Significance of Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas), Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), and Field Larkspur (Delphinium consolida) in Hungarian Ethnobotanical and Cultural Heritage Pinke G, Kapcsándi V, Czúcz B Plants (Basel) 23-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9824376
doi:10.3390/plants12010084
PMID:36616213
Effect of Sowing Date on the Development of Lacy Phacelia (Phacelia Tanacetifolia Benth.) Kubíková Z, Smejkalová H, Hutyrová H, Kintl A, Elbl J Plants (Basel) 21-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9694782
doi:10.3390/plants11223177
PMID:36432906
Draft genome of the aardaker (Lathyrus tuberosus L.), a tuberous legume Flood PJ, Nowrousian M, Huettel B, Woehle C, Becker K, Wollenweber TE, Begerow D, Grefen C BMC Genom Data 04-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9441078
doi:10.1186/s12863-022-01083-5
PMID:36057561
Identification and Pathogenicity of Paramyrothecium Species Associated with Leaf Spot Disease in Northern Thailand Withee P, Haituk S, Senwanna C, Karunarathna A, Tamakaew N, Pakdeeniti P, Suwannarach N, Kumla J, Suttiprapan P, Taylor PW, Samarakoon MC, Cheewangkoon R Plants (Basel) 29-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9182731
doi:10.3390/plants11111445
PMID:35684217
Vegetation Dynamics in a Loess Grassland: Plant Traits Indicate Stability Based on Species Presence, but Directional Change When Cover Is Considered Csontos P, Tamás J, Kovács Z, Schellenberger J, Penksza K, Szili-Kovács T, Kalapos T Plants (Basel) 13-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8950867
doi:10.3390/plants11060763
PMID:35336646
Unity in diversity—food plants and fungi of Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus Bussmann RW, Paniagua Zambrana NY, Ur Rahman I, Kikvidze Z, Sikharulidze S, Kikodze D, Tchelidze D, Khutsishvili M, Batsatsashvili K J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 31-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8719402
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00490-9
PMID:34972527
Fungal Planet description sheets: 1284–1382 Crous PW, Osieck ER, Jurjević Ž, Boers J, van Iperen AL, Starink-Willemse M, Dima B, Balashov S, Bulgakov TS, Johnston PR, Morozova OV, Pinruan U, Sommai S, Alvarado P, Decock CA, Lebel T, McMullan-Fisher S, Moreno G, Shivas RG, Zhao L, Abdollahzadeh J, Abrinbana M, Ageev DV, Akhmetova G, Alexandrova AV, Altés A, Amaral AG, Angelini C, Antonín V, Arenas F, Asselman P, Badali F, Baghela A, Bañares A, Barreto RW, Baseia IG, Bellanger JM, Berraf-Tebbal A, Biketova AY, Bukharova NV, Burgess TI, Cabero J, Câmara MP, Cano-Lira JF, Ceryngier P, Chávez R, Cowan DA, de Lima AF, Oliveira RL, Denman S, Dang QN, Dovana F, Duarte IG, Eichmeier A, Erhard A, Esteve-Raventós F, Fellin A, Ferisin G, Ferreira RJ, Ferrer A, Finy P, Gaya E, Geering AD, Gil-Durán C, Glässnerová K, Glushakova AM, Gramaje D, Guard FE, Guarnizo AL, Haelewaters D, Halling RE, Hill R, Hirooka Y, Hubka V, Iliushin VA, Ivanova DD, Ivanushkina NE, Jangsantear P, Justo A, Kachalkin AV, Kato S, Khamsuntorn P, Kirtsideli IY, Knapp DG, Kochkina GA, Koukol O, Kovács GM, Kruse J, Kumar TK, Kušan I, Læssøe T, Larsson E, Lebeuf R, Levicán G, Loizides M, Marinho P, Luangsa-ard JJ, Lukina EG, Magaña-Dueñas V, Maggs-Kölling G, Malysheva EF, Malysheva VF, Martín B, Martín MP, Matočec N, McTaggart AR, Mehrabi-Koushki M, Mešić A, Miller AN, Mironova P, Moreau PA, Morte A, Müller K, Nagy LG, Nanu S, Navarro-Ródenas A, Nel WJ, Nguyen TH, Nóbrega TF, Noordeloos ME, Olariaga I, Overton BE, Ozerskaya SM, Palani P, Pancorbo F, Papp V, Pawłowska J, Pham TQ, Phosri C, Popov ES, Portugal A, Pošta A, Reschke K, Reul M, Ricci GM, Rodríguez A, Romanowski J, Ruchikachorn N, Saar I, Safi A, Sakolrak B, Salzmann F, Sandoval-Denis M, Sangwichein E, Sanhueza L, Sato T, Sastoque A, Senn-Irlet B, Shibata A, Siepe K, Somrithipol S, Spetik M, Sridhar P, Stchigel AM, Stuskova K, Suwannasai N, Tan YP, Thangavel R, Tiago I, Tiwari S, Tkalčec Z, Tomashevskaya MA, Tonegawa C, Tran HX, Tran NT, Trovão J, Trubitsyn VE, Van Wyk J, Vieira WA, Vila J, Visagie CM, Vizzini A, Volobuev SV, Vu DT, Wangsawat N, Yaguchi T, Ercole E, Ferreira BW, de Souza AP, Vieira BS, Groenewald JZ Persoonia 24-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC10784667
doi:10.3767/persoonia.2023.47.06
PMID:38352974
Fungal Planet description sheets: 1284–1382 Crous PW, Osieck ER, Jurjević Ž, Boers J, van Iperen AL, Starink-Willemse M, Dima B, Balashov S, Bulgakov TS, Johnston PR, Morozova OV, Pinruan U, Sommai S, Alvarado P, Decock CA, Lebel T, McMullan-Fisher S, Moreno G, Shivas RG, Zhao L, Abdollahzadeh J, Abrinbana M, Ageev DV, Akhmetova G, Alexandrova AV, Altés A, Amaral AG, Angelini C, Antonín V, Arenas F, Asselman P, Badali F, Baghela A, Bañares A, Barreto RW, Baseia IG, Bellanger JM, Berraf-Tebbal A, Biketova AY, Bukharova NV, Burgess TI, Cabero J, Câmara MP, Cano-Lira JF, Ceryngier P, Chávez R, Cowan DA, de Lima AF, Oliveira RL, Denman S, Dang QN, Dovana F, Duarte IG, Eichmeier A, Erhard A, Esteve-Raventós F, Fellin A, Ferisin G, Ferreira RJ, Ferrer A, Finy P, Gaya E, Geering AD, Gil-Durán C, Glässnerová K, Glushakova AM, Gramaje D, Guard FE, Guarnizo AL, Haelewaters D, Halling RE, Hill R, Hirooka Y, Hubka V, Iliushin VA, Ivanova DD, Ivanushkina NE, Jangsantear P, Justo A, Kachalkin AV, Kato S, Khamsuntorn P, Kirtsideli IY, Knapp DG, Kochkina GA, Koukol O, Kovács GM, Kruse J, Kumar TK, Kušan I, Læssøe T, Larsson E, Lebeuf R, Levicán G, Loizides M, Marinho P, Luangsa-ard JJ, Lukina EG, Magaña-Dueñas V, Maggs-Kölling G, Malysheva EF, Malysheva VF, Martín B, Martín MP, Matočec N, McTaggart AR, Mehrabi-Koushki M, Mešić A, Miller AN, Mironova P, Moreau PA, Morte A, Müller K, Nagy LG, Nanu S, Navarro-Ródenas A, Nel WJ, Nguyen TH, Nóbrega TF, Noordeloos ME, Olariaga I, Overton BE, Ozerskaya SM, Palani P, Pancorbo F, Papp V, Pawłowska J, Pham TQ, Phosri C, Popov ES, Portugal A, Pošta A, Reschke K, Reul M, Ricci GM, Rodríguez A, Romanowski J, Ruchikachorn N, Saar I, Safi A, Sakolrak B, Salzmann F, Sandoval-Denis M, Sangwichein E, Sanhueza L, Sato T, Sastoque A, Senn-Irlet B, Shibata A, Siepe K, Somrithipol S, Spetik M, Sridhar P, Stchigel AM, Stuskova K, Suwannasai N, Tan YP, Thangavel R, Tiago I, Tiwari S, Tkalčec Z, Tomashevskaya MA, Tonegawa C, Tran HX, Tran NT, Trovão J, Trubitsyn VE, Van Wyk J, Vieira WA, Vila J, Visagie CM, Vizzini A, Volobuev SV, Vu DT, Wangsawat N, Yaguchi T, Ercole E, Ferreira BW, de Souza AP, Vieira BS, Groenewald JZ Persoonia 24-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC10486635
doi:10.3767/persoonia.2021.47.06
PMID:37693795
Influence of Habitat Types on Diversity and Species Composition of Urban Flora—A Case Study in Serbia Glišić M, Jakovljević K, Lakušić D, Šinžar-Sekulić J, Vukojičić S, Tabašević M, Jovanović S Plants (Basel) 25-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8704744
doi:10.3390/plants10122572
PMID:34961043
Preserving for the future the — once widespread but now vanishing — knowledge on traditional pig grazing in forests and marshes (Sava-Bosut floodplain, Serbia) Molnár Z, Szabados K, Kiš A, Marinkov J, Demeter L, Biró M, Öllerer K, Katona K, Đapić M, Perić R, Ulicsni V, Babai D J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 09-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8501720
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00482-9
PMID:34627295

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