Cookies help us deliver our services. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies.

Lathyrus sativus (Common names)


To species page

Names in common use


  • English: chickling pea, grass pea
  • German: Saat-Platterbse, weisse Kicher, Kicherling
  • Dutch:
  • Swedish: åkervial
  • Danish: fladbælg
  • Norwegian: erteknapp
  • Icelandic:


  • French: gesse; jarosse, lentillon, lentille d'Espagne, pois carré
  • Italian: cicerchia
  • Spanish: almorta, guija, muela, tito, chícharo
  • Catalan: guixera / guixa
  • Portuguese: chícharo, sincho
  • Romanian: măzăroi


  • Russian: чина посевная
  • Polish: groszek, lędźwian
  • Czech: hrachor
  • Slovak: hrachor
  • Bulgarian: посевно секирце - posevno sekirce
  • Croatian: grahor
  • Serb:
  • Slovenian:
  • Macedonian:


  • Latvian:
  • Lithuanian: sėjamasis pelėžirnis
  • Albanian:
  • Greek: λαθούρι, λαθύρι; αρακας (Thera); φαβεττα, χαβεττα (Cyprus) - lathouri, lathiri; arakas; favetta, khavetta
  • Turkish: ak burçak, mürdemek, mürdümük
  • Maltese:
  • Hungarian: szegletes lednek, szeges lednek, szegesborsó
  • Finnish: nätkelmät
  • Estonian: seahernes