Cajanus cajan
Cajanus cajan

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Fabales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Phaseoleae
Subtribus: Cajaninae
Genus: Cajanus
Sectio: C. sect. Cajanus
Species: Cajanus cajan

Name

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Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth (1893)

Synonyms

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  • Cajanum thora Raf.
  • Cajanus bicolor DC.
  • Cajanus flavus DC.
  • Cajanus indicus Spreng.
  • Cajanus indicus var. bicolor (DC.) Kuntze
  • Cajanus indicus var. flavus Kuntze
  • Cajanus indicus var. maculatus Kuntze
  • Cajanus luteus Bello
  • Cajanus obcordifolia D.N.Singh
  • Cajanus pseudocajan (Jacq.) Schinz & Guillaumin
  • Cajanus striatus Bojer
  • Cytisus cajan L.
  • Cytisus guineensis Schumach. & Thonn.
  • Cytisus mollis Salisb.
  • Cytisus pseudocajan Jacq.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Temperate Asia
    • Regional: Indian subcontinent
      • Assam, India, West Himalaya
  • Introduced into:
    • Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Somalia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • van der Maesen, L.J.G. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2016). Flore du Gabon 49: 1-407. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • Wunderlin, R.P. & Hansen, B.F. 2008. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa [1].
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Vernacular names

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বাংলা: অড়হর
Deutsch: Straucherbse
English: Pigeon pea, pigeon tree
eesti: Harilik tuvihernes
suomi: Kyyhkynherne
Na Vosa Vakaviti: qiriqiri
français: Pois d'Angole, pois d'Ambrevade, pois pigeon
ગુજરાતી: તુવેર
हिन्दी: अरहर दाल
मराठी: तूर
नेपाली: रहर दाल
português: Guandu
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ: ᱵᱟᱨᱮᱫᱟᱨᱮ
தமிழ்: துவரம் பருப்பு
lea faka-Tonga: pīfisi
Yorùbá: òtílí
中文: 木豆
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