DESCRIPTION:
NAME: Asparagus Pea
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Winged Pea / Square Podded Pea
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lotus Tetragonolobus syn. Tetragonolobus Purpureus
COLOR: Red Flowers / Green Peas
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
PLANT HEIGHT: 16 - 20"
PLANT SPACING: 6" Apart in Rows Spaced 12" Apart
BLOOM TIME: June - Aug
HARVEST: 65 Days
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 50 Seeds
OTHER:
From PFAF at https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lotus+tetragonolobus
Edible Uses: Young seedpods - raw or cooked[16, 27, 33]. Added to salads, cooked as a vegetable or added to soups, stews etc[183]. The taste is said to resemble asparagus[183]. Only the very young pods, when less than 25mm long, should be used, since the older pods quickly turn fibrous[183]. Considered by many to be a gourmet food, though it is not a very high yielding crop[K]. Seed - cooked. Used like peas[105, 177, 183]. The roasted seed is used as a coffee substitute[27, 183].
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