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Cajanus cajan

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Cajanus cajan

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Also known as red gram, pigeonpea, tur, gungo peas, pigeon pea

species of plant

OverviewAI-generated

*Cajanus cajan*, commonly known as pigeonpea, is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the genus *Cajanus* and is classified within the order Fabales, class Magnoliopsida, phylum Tracheophyta, and kingdom Plantae. The species has been cited with the authorship (L.) Millsp. and (L.) Huth.

This useful plant serves as a vegetable, fodder, and medicinal plant. Its range includes Fujian, the Tibet Autonomous Region, Guangdong, and Gabon. The species is native to China, where it is also considered invasive. Other common names include 木豆, kumanda yvyra'i, and 三叶豆.

Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, Encyclopedia of Life, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Cajanus cajan

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFabales
  5. FamilyFabaceae
Native toBenin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo
Observations recorded44,921

Chile Central

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,766
With media
2,458
Family
Fabaceae
Collections
ECOSUR, INECOL, UAAAN, UNICACH, IB-CUCBA-UDG, CP
Recorded in
Mexico
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
useful plant
Parent taxon
Cajanus
Country of origin
China
Image
Pigeon pea plant.jpg
Has use
vegetable
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Cajanus cajan
Commons category
Cajanus cajan
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=8319
Commons gallery
Cajanus cajan
taxon common name
golobji grah
invasive to
China
water footprint
5494
short name
C. cajan
taxon author citation
(L.) Millsp.
taxon range
Gabon
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WikiProject Food and drink
external data available at URL
www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4
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Encyclopedic overview

The pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae native to the Eastern Hemisphere. The pigeon pea is widely cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions around the world, being commonly consumed in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Etymology and other names

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