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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Statuts nomenclatural : superfluous combination |
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Synonym(s) Homotypic |
Cytisus cajan L. (1753) |
Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth (1893) |
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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 Tropical Africa :
- Peyre de Fabrègues B. & J. P. Lebrun (1976). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Niger. Maison Alfort
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
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 The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
see under Flora of Mozambique |
see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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Map |
no map available |
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Record n°61964 modified 2013-05-24 |
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