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Cajanuses
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.
26 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pigeon Pea
speciesCajanus cajan
Showy Pigeonpea
speciesCajanus scarabaeoides
Cajanus reticulatus
speciesCajanus reticulatus
Cajanus acutifolius
speciesCajanus acutifolius
Cajanus confertiflorus
speciesCajanus confertiflorus
Marbled Pigeon Pea
speciesCajanus marmoratus
Cajanus lineatus
speciesCajanus lineatus
Cajanus goensis
speciesCajanus goensis
Cajanus pubescens
speciesCajanus pubescens
Cajanus latisepalus
speciesCajanus latisepalus
Cajanus cinereus
speciesCajanus cinereus
Cajanus sericeus
speciesCajanus sericeus
Cajanus geminatus
speciesCajanus geminatus
Cajanus albicans
speciesCajanus albicans
Cajanus crassicaulis
speciesCajanus crassicaulis
Cajanus crassus
speciesCajanus crassus
Cajanus trinervius
speciesCajanus trinervius
Cajanus rugosus
speciesCajanus rugosus
Cajanus heynei
speciesCajanus heynei
Cajanus platycarpus
speciesCajanus platycarpus
Cajanus mollis
speciesCajanus mollis
Cajanus viscidus
speciesCajanus viscidus
Cajanus volubilis
speciesCajanus volubilis
Cajanus kerstingii
speciesCajanus kerstingii
Cajanus cajanifolius
speciesCajanus cajanifolius
Cajanus aromaticus
speciesCajanus aromaticus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 139447.