| Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. |
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| Family : FABACEAE |
| Protologue : Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 2(1): 53 (1900) |
| Information on the genus : Cajanus |
| Basionym : Cytisus cajan L. |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (naturalised-introduced) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Cytisus cajan L. (1753) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Cajanus indicus Spreng. (1826) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Annual or short-lived perennial evergreen shrub to 3 m tall, with erect ribbed, densely pubescent stems; leaflets silvery beneath. Very variable. |
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| Ecology : |
Not known in the wild state; cultivated throughout the tropics. |
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Probably of African origin; or Indian.
Can be confused with Dolichos pseudocajanus. Also resembling a Crotalaria species. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Shrub; Subhumid, Dry; Grassland, Anthropic; 0-499 m, 500-999 m, 1000-1499 m; distribution: Naturalised in Madagascar. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Drug Pl. Africa : 80 (1949).
- Legumes of Africa: a checklist : 388 (1989).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Tropicos |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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| Record n°61964 modified 2007-04-18 |
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