The difference between sweet beans and peas

Plant differences: sweet beans are about 0.9 to 1.8 meters tall; peas are about 0.5 to 2 meters tall. Leaf difference: sweet bean leaves are oblong or oval; pea leaves are oval. Flower difference: sweet beans are solitary or arranged in racemes with white or purplish red flowers; pea flowers are usually white or purple. Fruit difference: Sweet pods are long oval, pea pods are swollen, long oval.

I. plant differences

Sweet beans are annual twining herbs, about 0.9 to 1.8 meters high, all plants are hairless.

Pea is an annual climbing herb, about 0.5 to 2 meters high. The whole plant is green, smooth and hairless.

The difference between leaves

The leaves are oblong or ovoid, about 3 to 5 cm long, about 1 to 2 cm wide, entire.

Pea leaves have 4 to 6 oval leaflets, about 2 to 5 cm long and about 1 to 2.5 cm wide.

3. Flower difference

Sweet bean flowers are solitary or 1 to 3 arranged in a racemose axillary shape. The Corolla is white or purplish red.

Pea flowers are solitary in the axils of leaves or arranged in racemes, usually white and purple.

4. Fruit difference

The pods of sweet beans are long and oval, about 5 to 10 cm long. There is a paper liner inside the pods. The seeds are round, generally 2 to 10, green.

Pea pods swollen, long oval, about 2.5 to 10 cm long, about 0.7 to 14 cm wide, sharp tip, round seeds, turquoise.

Peas