Shrub
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Cajan cajan (L.)Millsp. |
| synonym | Cajan indorum Medik. |
| synonym | Cajanus bicolor DC. |
| synonym | Cajanus cajan var. bicolor (DC.)Purseglove |
| synonym | Cajanus cajan var. flavus (DC.)Purseglove |
| synonym | Cajanus flavus DC. |
| synonym | Cajanus indicus Spreng. |
| synonym | Cajanus indicus var. bicolor (DC.)Kuntze |
| synonym | Cajanus indicus var. flavus (DC.)Kuntze |
| synonym | Cajanus indicus var. maculatus Kuntze |
| synonym | Cajanus inodorum Medik. |
| synonym | Cajanus inodorus Medik. |
| synonym | Cajanus luteus Bello |
| synonym | Cajanus obcordifolius V.Singh |
| synonym | Cajanus pseudo-cajan (Jacq.)Schinz & Guillaumin |
| synonym | Cajanus striatus Bojer |
| synonym | Cytisus cajan L.(1753) |
| synonym | Cytisus guineensis Schum. & Thonn. |
| synonym | Cytisus pseudo-cajan Jacq. |
| synonym | Cytisus pseudocajan Jacq. |
| synonym | Phaseolus balicus L. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Shrubs 2- 3 m tall; stems ribbed, golden sericeous. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate; leaflets elliptic to lanceolate, lateral ones obliquely elliptic, 5-13 x 1.5-6 cm, upper surface glabrate, lower surface usually densely silvery pilose; stipules linear 2-3 mm long, stipels filiform 1-2 mm long. Flowers in axillary pseudo-racemes, rarely also terminal. Calyx golden tomentose and glandular, persistent in fruit. Standard petal yellow, 12-17 mm long, often reddish-lined or orange to purple externally; wings yellow, keel yellowish-green tinged orange to purple. Stamens diadelphous, anthers uniform. Pods 4-10 x.0.5-1 cm, yellow or green striped with maroon or dark purple, straight to sickle-shaped, pubescent and glandular, weakly septate within; seeds 2-9, cream or reddish brown, slightly laterally flattened, 4-9 x 3-8 mm.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Common in plains, cultivated
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Worldwide
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Idukki, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Meghalaya
Indian Distribution
Throughout Assam
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Traditional chinese medicine
Sowa-Rigpa
Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=392
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=392 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=392
- Cytisus cajan L., Sp. Pl. 739. 1753.
- Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp., Publ. Field Columbian Mus. Bot. ser. Chicago 2: 53. 1900; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 91. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 139. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 141. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 166. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 177. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 100. 1992; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 206. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 159. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 201. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 267. 2009.
- Cajanus indicus Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 248. 1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 217. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 369(261). 1918.
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=392
- Cytisus cajan L., Sp. Pl. 739. 1753.
- Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp., Publ. Field Columbian Mus. Bot. ser. Chicago 2: 53. 1900; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 91. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 139. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 141. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 166. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 177. 1990; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 100. 1992; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 206. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 159. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 201. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 267. 2009.
- Cajanus indicus Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 248. 1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 217. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 369(261). 1918.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Fabales |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Genus | Cajanus |
| Species | Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. |
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