Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "marsh pea" tana nufin nau'in shukar furen da aka fi samun girma a cikin jika ko daskarewa. Sunan kimiyya na wannan shuka shine "Lathyrus palustris," kuma memba ne na dangin fis (Fabaceae). Tsiron yawanci yana da ƙananan furanni, ruwan hoda ko shunayya da dogayen ganye masu kunkuntar. Ana kuma san shukar da wasu sunaye na yau da kullun kamar su dawa ko fadama.
