Other conspecific taxa:

• Pisum sativum subsp. asiaticum (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum subsp. elatius (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum subsp. jomardii (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum subsp. sativum (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum subsp. transcaucasicum (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum var. arvense (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum var. brevipedunculatum (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum var. elatius (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum var. macrocarpum (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum var. pumilio (0 accessions)
• Pisum sativum var. sativum (0 accessions)

Synonyms:

• (=) Pisum sativum subsp. tibetanicum ined.

Common names:

• pea  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• pisello  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• ärt  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• wan dou  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese
• wandu  (Source: Kulturpflanze) - Transcribed Korean

Economic Importance:

• Human food: pulse (fide L Edible Pl)
• Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq (n.), Israel, Lebanon, Syria (w.), Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain


Cultivated (cult. worldwide)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 (Cooper & Johnson ed2)
3. International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982 (Mult Glossary Crops)
4. Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984 (L Edible Pl)
5. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
6. Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants (Kulturpflanze) 34:118.
7. Smýkal, P. et al. 2012. Pea (Pisum sativum L.) in the genomic era Agron. Open Access 2:74-115.
8. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=300472. Accessed 7 junio 2026.