🌱 Intermediate Practical Manual - Pisum sativum (Pea)

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🌱 Pisum sativum (Pea)

Division : Spermatophyta
Class : Dicotyledonae
Order : Rosales
Family : Fabaceae
Genus : Pisum

🔹 The given specimen shows the following characters:

  1. Plant body is differentiated into root, stem, and leaves.

  2. Taproot system is present.

  3. Leaves are compound with reticulate venation. Terminal leaflets are modified into tendrils.

  4. Flowers are pentamerous, with papilionaceous corolla.

  5. Reproductive organs are stamens and carpels. Within the carpels, ovules are present.

  6. Fruit is legume and seeds have two cotyledons.

👉 By the above characters, the given specimen is identified as Pisum sativum (Pea).

✅ Diagram on the page shows:

  • Leaflets

  • Leaf tendrils (modified terminal leaflets)

  • Foliaceous stipule

  • Fruit (pea pod)

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