Peas and broad beans are not the same thing. Fava beans flower between April and May each year, and the fruit ripens around May to June each year, while peas flower between June and July each year, and the fruit grows and ripens around July to September.

Pea Introduction

Peas are a kind of pteridophyte subfamily pea plants, its plant trunk is relatively long, and the surface is relatively smooth, with frost on the leaves, it is a legume seed, the main origin in Sichuan, Henan, Hubei, Qinghai and other regions, are now widely planted.

Broad bean introduction

Broad bean is pteridophyte subfamily wild pea genus of plants, its plant trunk is relatively short, and the surface is relatively rough, it is a legume plant broad bean seeds, it is mainly in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan and other regions.

Pea and broad bean difference

1, the fruit is different

Broad bean fruit is relatively fat, and its surface is distributed with fine hair, feel is very rough, in the maturity of the skin before it is green, and after maturity will become black, and its grains present a flat shape. While the pea's fruit is finer, its skin is smooth and hairless, its color is green before and after maturity, and its fruit presents a rounded sphere.

2, different flowering and fruiting period

Fava beans flowering period in April to May each year, the fruit in May to June each year to ripen, and peas flowering period in June to July each year, the fruit in July to September or so growth and maturity.