Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Fabaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Bushy, branched, 2 m. high or less. Leaves petioled; leaflets oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-8 em. long, acute at both ends or obtuse at the base, velvety on both sides, dark green above, pale beneath; racemes few-flowered, as long as the leaves or longer; pedicels, rachis and calyx brown-pubescent; flowers 12-16 mm. broad; pods 5-8 cm. long, 10-12 mm. wide, 4-7-seeded; seeds whitish, somewhat flattened, about 4 mm. thick.
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Distribution
Waste and cultivated soils, spontaneous after cultivation, throughout the islands from Andros and New Providence to Mariguana : Native of the Old World tropics ; widely spontaneous in all American tropical regions. Pigeon Pea.
South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America|