Peas pronunciation: wāndòu.

Peas (scientific name: PisumsativumL) Leguminosae annual climbing herb, 0.5-2 meters high. The whole plant is green, smooth and glabrous, powdery frosted. Leaves with 4-6 leaflets; stipules cordate, lower margin finely dentate. Leaflets ovoid; flowers in leaf axils solitary or several arranged in racemes, calyx campanulate lobes lanceolate, corolla color varies with species but mostly white and purple.