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Garden pea

Pisum sativum

An annual cool-season legume grown for its edible seeds and pods, consumed fresh, dried, or processed.

Family

Fabaceae

Temperature

10-24°C (absolute 4-30°C)

Rainfall

800-1200mm (absolute 350-2500mm)

Altitude

2700m

Soil pH

5.5-7 (absolute 4.5-8.3)

Soil types

Well-drained fertile loam soils.