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Contents:
Morphological Changes
After Garrard 1999
- Appearance of plants which retain seeds in the pod upon ripening rather than dispersing them
- Increased size of seeds
- Thinner and more permeable seed coat
- Peas and vetches developed stiffer stems and became less dependent upon climbing
Pulse Types
After Garrard 1999
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Common Name
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Wild form
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Domestic Form
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Chick Pea
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Cicer reticulatum Ladiz
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C.aretinum L
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Grass Pea
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Lathyrus cicera L
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L. sativus L.
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Lentil
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Lens orientalis (Boiss)
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L. culinaris L.
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Lupin
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Lupinus Sp. L.
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Pea
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Pisum eliatus Bieb
Pisum humile Boiss & Noe
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P. sativum L.
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Broad bean
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Vicia Sp. L.
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V. faba L.
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Bitter vetch
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Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd
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V. ervilia (L.) Willd.
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Characteristics of Different Pulses
After Garrard 1999
- Native habitat
- Similar to wild wheats and barleys
- Oak-pistachio park-woodland
- Pistachio-almond woodland-steppe
- Distribution
- All except wild chickpea around much of Fertile Crescent
- Chick Pea restricted to southeast Turkey
- Uncertain distribution of broad bean
- Notes
- Grass pea and bitter vetch slightly toxic
- Need to be soaked before human consumption
- Tend to be used as animal fodder
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