name of pea is also used to describe edible seeds from Fabaceae as pigeon pea, cowpea, and seeds from the several species of Lathyrus. Sativum P is an annual plant, having life cycle of 1 year. This plant is cool season crop and grown the many parts of world, while planting of this can take from winter month through early summer depending over location. Average weight of pea can be 0.1 and 0.36 grams, species is used as vegetable, frozen or canned sometimes.
Portulaca oleracea
It is known as Pigweed, Verdolaga, Pusley or Hogweed, it is an annual succulent in family Portulacaceae, and it can reach at 40 cm in height. There are almost 40 varieties that are used and cultivated currently. An extensive old world is extending from the north of Africa through Middle East and Indian Subcontinent extending from the northern part of Africa through Middle East and Indian Subcontinent to the Australasia and Malesia. Yellow flower have almost five regular parts and are about 6 mm wide. Flowers appear depending upon the fallen of rain.
Vigna umbellate
It was previously known as Phaseolus, it is warm-season vine legume having yellow flower and the small edible beans, commonly it is called ricebean or some times rice bean. It is almost unknown, to date, it is little exploited and little researched, Vigna is regarded as minor fodder and food crop and often grown as the mixed or intercrop with maize, cowpea, sorghum and sole crop in uplands. It is mainly grown as dried pulse and important as fodder, green manure and vegetable. It is most widely grown as intercrop, maize, and found throughout Indo-China and southern China, Bangladesh, Nepal and India.
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