Pisum

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Pisum is a genus of the family Fabaceae, native to southwest Asia and northeast Africa. It contains one to five species, depending on taxonomic interpretation; the International Legume Database (ILDIS) accepts three species, one with two subspecies http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb/6.00/names/npall/npall_567.shtml:

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• Pisum abyssinicum (syn. P. sativum subsp. abyssinicum)
• Pisum fulvum
• Pisum sativum - Pea
• Pisum sativum subsp. elatius (syn. P. elatius, P. syriacum)
• Pisum sativum subsp. sativum

Pisum sativum (the field or garden pea), is domesticated and is a major human food crop.

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Asia: Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia and world's largest continent. Defined by subtracting Europe from Eurasia, Asia is either regarded as a landmass of its own or as part of Eurasia....

Africa: Africa is the world's second-largest continent and second most populous after Asia. At about 30,244,050 km² (11,677,240 mi²) including its adjacent islands, it covers 20.3 percent of the total land area on Earth. With over 800 million human inhabitants in 54 countries, it accounts for abou...