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Standard English
Name(s): garden pea
Local English Name(s) (if different from above): "pea"
Scientific Name(s): Pisum sativum L. (original native
species unidentified)
Upriver Halkomelem Name(s): tl'ikw'ul
Downriver Halkomelem Name(s): tl'ikw'un'
Island Halkomelem Name(s): tl'ikw'un' (originally referring to some
unidentified native plant)
Description, Habitat,
Ecology, & Distribution:
Upriver Halkomelem Cultural
Role(s):
Downriver Halkomelem Cultural Role(s):
Island Halkomelem Cultural Role(s):
The plant species originally referred
to as tl'ikw'un' has not been identified with certainty. The
name tl'ikw'un' is now also used to refer to garden peas (P.
sativum).