The pods can be eaten but like many members of the genus " Lathyrus " they contain ?-oxalyl-" L "-?, ?-diaminopropionic acid, which can cause paralysis called lathyrism.
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Principal broadleaf trees include elm, rare plants present including keeled garlic and wild marjoram; the rare plant, grass pea or varvial ( " Lathyrus sphaericus " ) occurs only within Sweden at Kullaberg and one other location.
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Elliott Norman, the curator of tropical plants at the U . S . Botanic Garden in Washington, was also wary of euphorbias, especially E . lathyrus, the gopher spurge that can become invasive in sandy loam with plenty of sun.
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The name is also used to describe other edible seeds from the Fabaceae such as the pigeon pea ( " Cajanus cajan " ), the cowpea ( " Vigna unguiculata " ), and the seeds from several species of " Lathyrus ".
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In Spain, a seed mixture known as comu�a consisting of " Lathyrus sativus ", " L . cicera ", " Vicia sativa " and " V . ervilia " provides a potent mixture of toxic amino acids to poison monogastric ( single stomached ) animals.
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He lived in the third or 2nd century BC . ] ] The period of his life is doubtful : Alfred Gercke places him in the time of Ptolemy Lathyrus ( latter part of 2nd century BC ); reliable testimony indicates that he was a contemporary of Ptolemy Philometor ( middle of 2nd century BC ).
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By keeping the camp meticulously clean, the prisoners were able to overcome the typhus epidemic, but they suffered from the poor quality of the food, which included " Lathyrus sativus ", a species of pea that was normally used to feed livestock, and barley bread that had a 20 % straw content.
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The lathyrism resulting from the ingestion of " Lathyrus odoratus " seeds ( " sweet peas " ) is often referred to as "'odoratism "'or osteolathyrism, which is caused by a different toxin ( beta-aminopropionitrile ) that affects the linking of collagen, a protein of connective tissues.
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When she went to Judea to help the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus against her son, Ptolemy Lathyrus, and succeeded in dislodging him ( about 100 BCE ), Ananias and Helkias were her generals; and Ananias dissuaded her from incorporating Judea as an Egyptian province, at the same time inducing her to form an alliance with Alexander Jannaeus.
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Divicine is also present in and at least partially responsible for the poisonous action of " Lathyrus sativus "-a legume commonly grown in drought-and famine-prone regions of Asia and East Africa as an insurance crop for human consumption and livestock feed when other crops fail to grow, despite their known health hazards.
