Cajanus

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

Species include the pigeon pea (C. cajan), which is a significant food crop.

The natural range of Cajanus species includes West Africa, Madagascar and the Comoros, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, southern China and Taiwan, Malesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical open forest, woodland, and grassland, often in rocky or disturbed areas. Some species, including Cajanus cajan, have been introduced to the tropical Americas, elsewhere in Africa, and to central Asia.<ref name = powo/>

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

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• Cajanus acutifolius Template:Small
• Cajanus albicans Template:Small
• Cajanus aromaticus Template:Small
• Cajanus cajan Template:Small – pigeon pea, Congo-pea
• Cajanus cajanifolius Template:Small
• Cajanus cinereus Template:Small
• Cajanus confertiflorus Template:Small
• Cajanus crassicaulis Template:Small
• Cajanus crassus Template:Small
• Cajanus elongatus Template:Small
• Cajanus geminatus Template:Small
• Cajanus goensis Template:Small
• Cajanus grandiflorus Template:Small
• Cajanus heynei Template:Small
• Cajanus hirtopilosus Template:Small
• Cajanus kerstingii Template:Small
• Cajanus lanceolatus Template:Small
• Cajanus lanuginosus Template:Small
• Cajanus latisepalus Template:Small
• Cajanus lineatus Template:Small
• Cajanus mareebensis Template:Small
• Cajanus marmoratus Template:Small
• Cajanus mollis Template:Small
• Cajanus niveus Template:Small
• Cajanus platycarpus Template:Small
• Cajanus pubescens Template:Small
• Cajanus reticulatus Template:Small
• Cajanus scarabaeoides Template:Small
• Cajanus sericeus Template:Small
• Cajanus trinervius Template:Small
• Cajanus villosus Template:Small
• Cajanus viscidus Template:Small
• Cajanus volubilis Template:Small

External links

• Pigeon pea (archive link, was dead)

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