Botanical illustration of the morphological details of a C. cajan specimen.
Botanical image depicting the foliage characteristics and differing pod and flower phenotypes.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Genus:
Cajanus
Species:
C. cajan
Binomial name
Cajanus cajan
(L.) Huth
The pigeon pea[1] (Cajanus cajan) is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae native to the Eastern Hemisphere.[2] The pigeon pea is widely cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions around the world, being commonly consumed in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.[3]: 5941
^"Cajanus cajan". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
^"Pigeon Pea - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
^Kingwell-Banham, Eleanor; Fuller, Dorian Q. (2014), "Pigeon Pea: Origins and Development", in Smith, Claire (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, New York, NY: Springer, pp. 5941–5944, doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2320, ISBN 978-1-4419-0465-2, S2CID 129688840, retrieved 2022-05-05
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[citation needed] Carlin peas, also known as carling, maple, brown or pigeonpeas (but distinct from the tropical pigeonpea Cajanus cajan), and black...
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Rajasthani and Gujarati cuisine, made by boiling wheat flour pieces in a pigeonpea stew. A similar preparation is called varanfal (Marathi: वरण फळ), or chakolyaa...
Moro de guandules (Moorish pigeonpeas) is a rice and pigeonpea dish from the Dominican Republic served on holidays.[citation needed] Moro de gunadules...
countries are traditionally pigeonpeas otherwise called 'Gungo peas' in the Caribbean. Either kidney beans (red peas) or pigeonpeas are generally used for...
success in helping farmers grow new pigeonpea varieties instead of maize, in particularly dry areas. Pigeonpeas are very drought-resistant, so can be...
islands. Its name comes from a traditional local dish of seasoned rice and pigeonpeas; overcooked rice that sticks to the bottom of the cooking pot (forming...
Arroz con gandules is a combination of rice, pigeonpeas, and pork, cooked in the same pot with sofrito. This is Puerto Rico's national dish along with...
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research on important dryland crops such as sorghum, castor, groundnut, pigeon-pea and cotton as well as sorghum-based cropping systems. The institute paved...
the Igbo part of Nigeria consisting mainly of dried Cocoyam, mgbụmgbụ (Pigeonpea), and palm oil. It is traditionally eaten in the dry season when fresh...
pest of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan). Clavigralla gibbosa occurs in India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, where the adults and nymphs feed on pigeonpea. As a hemipteran...
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