Cajanus

Cajanus
Cajanus cajan (Pigeon Pea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Phaseoleae
Subtribe: Cajaninae
Genus: Cajanus
Adans.
Species[1]

Cajanus acutifolius
Cajanus albicans
Cajanus aromaticus
Cajanus cajan - Pigeon pea
Cajanus cinereus
Cajanus confertiflorus
Cajanus crassicaulis
Cajanus crassus
Cajanus elongatus
Cajanus goensis
Cajanus grandiflorus
Cajanus kerstingii
Cajanus lanceolatus
Cajanus lanuginosus
Cajanus latisepalus
Cajanus mareebensis
Cajanus marmoratus
Cajanus mollis
Cajanus platycarpus
Cajanus pubescens
Cajanus reticulatus
Cajanus scarabaeoides
Cajanus sericeus
Cajanus viscidus
Synonyms

Atylosia Wight & Arn.[2][1]
Cantharospermum Wight & Arn.[1]
Endomallus Gagnep.[1]
Peekelia Harms[1]

The genus Cajanus is a member of the family Fabaceae. There are 37 species, mainly distributed across Africa, Asia and Australasia.

Species include the Pigeon pea (C. cajan) and Cajanus scarabaeoides.

Cajanus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Endoclita malabaricus.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Genus Nomenclature in GRIN". http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1854. Retrieved 2010-08-06. 
  2. ^ Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1986. "Cajanus and Atylosia W. & A. (Leguminosae)". Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85–4:43.

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