50 ASPARAGUS PEA Winged Pea Lotus Tetragonolobus Red Flower Legume Vegetable Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Asparagus Pea OTHER COMMON NAMES: Winged Pea / Square Podded Pea SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lotus Tetragonolobus syn. Tetragonolobus Purpureus COLOR: Red Flowers / Green Peas PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost PLANT HEIGHT: 16 - 20" PLANT SPACING: 6" Apart in Rows Spaced 12" Apart BLOOM TIME: June - Aug HARVEST: 65 Days LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average QUANTITY: 50 Seeds OTHER: From PFAF at https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lotus+tetragonolobus Edible Uses: Young seedpods - raw or cooked[16, 27, 33]. Added to salads, cooked as a vegetable or added to soups, stews etc[183]. The taste is said to resemble asparagus[183]. Only the very young pods, when less than 25mm long, should be used, since the older pods quickly turn fibrous[183]. Considered by many to be a gourmet food, though it is not a very high yielding crop[K]. Seed - cooked. Used like peas[105, 177, 183]. The roasted seed is used as a coffee substit