An erect perennial shrub , up to 4 m tall , with roots extend up to 2 m . Stems erect , ribbed , woody , branched . Leaves alternate , pinnately tri-foliolate , petiolate , stipulate ; leaflets elliptic to lanceolate , entire , acute apically and basally , green above and a silvery grey-green beneath , covered in small yellow glands . Inflorescences in terminal or axillary racemes . Flowers yellow , zygomorphic ; stamens 10 . Fruit pod , straight or sickle-shaped , compressed , 2–9-seeded . Seeds 8 mm in diameter , lenticular to ovoid , white , brown , purplish , black or mottled . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Cajanum thora Raf.
Cajanus bicolor DC.
Cajanus indicus Spreng.
Cytisus cajan L.
Cytisus pseudocajan Jacq.
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Pigeon Pea
Gandul
Red Gram
Congo Pea
Gungo Pea
No Eye Pea
Angola Pea
Cajan
Catjan
Cadjan Pea
Puerto Rico Pea
Yellow Dahl
Not used traditionally. However, the fruit (legume) either eaten raw or boiled. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*https://en.wikipedia.org *POWO (2022). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4.