Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth, Helios 11:133. 1893 "Cajan cajan" (C. F. Millspaugh, Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2(1):53. 1900) (Syn: (=) Cajanus bicolor DC. ; (≡) Cajanus flavus DC.; (≡) Cajanus indicus Spreng.; (≡) Cytisus cajan L. (basionym));
kaj-AY-nus -- Latinized form of the Malay vernacular name for the pigeon pea ... Dave's Botanary KAJ-an -- from the Malay vernacular name for the pigeon pea ... Dave's Botanary commonly known as: Congo pea, no eye pea, pigeon pea, red gram • Assamese: অৰহৰ arahar, মিৰি মাহ mirai-maha • Bengali: অড়হর arahar • Gujarati: તુવેર tuver • Hindi: अरहर arhar, तुवर tuvar • Kannada: ತೊಗರಿ ಬೆಳೆ togari bele, ತೊಗರಿ ಕಾಳು togari kalu • Konkani: तोरी tori • Malayalam: ആഢകി adhaki, തുവര tuvara • Manipuri: মাইৰোংবী mairongbi • Marathi: तूर tur • Nepali: रहर rahar • Oriya: ହର୍ ହର୍ har-har, କାକ୍ଷୀ kakshi, ତୁବର tubara • Persian: شاخول shakhul • Punjabi: ਦਿੰਗੇਰ dinger • Sanskrit: आढकी adhaki, काक्षी kakshi, तुवरी tuvari • Tamil: ஆடகி adhaki, இருப்புலி iruppuli, காய்ச்சி kaycci, துவரை tuvarai • Telugu: ఆఢకి adhaki, కంది kandi, తొగరి togari, తువరము tuvaramu • Tibetan: tu ba ri • Urdu: ارهر arhar, توأر tuar ... and more names in Sanskrit: भारवृक्ष bharavrksha, कपिलद्रुम kapiladruma, करवीरभुजा karavirabhuja, पीतपुष्पा pitapushpa, वर्णा varna, वृत्तबीजा vrttabija shrub reaching 3 m; leaves pinnately trifoliate with elliptic to lanceolate up to 8 cm long leaflets, pubescent above, pilose beneath; Flowers yellow with reddish-brown lines, in terminal panicles on up to 7 cm long peduncles; pod up to 10 cm long, pubescent.
- the leaves of this plant is used to cure jaundice - It is a common DAAL (Pulse) all over India called as arhar ki Daal Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: Cajanus cajan from Delhi: Cajanus cajan (Linn.) Millsp. in Publ.Field Mus.Nat.Hist.Bot. Ser. 2:53. 1900. Syn: Cajanus indicus Spreng.; Cytisus cajan Linn. Common names: Congo-pea, pigeon-pea, red gram, yellow dhal Hindi: Arhar Shrub reaching 3 m; leaves pinnately trifoliate with elliptic to lanceolate up to 8 cm long leaflets, pubescent above, pilose beneath; Flowers yellow with reddish-brown lines, in terminal panicles on up to 7 cm long peduncles; pod up to 10 cm long, pubescent. Photographed from Botanical Garden, Khalsa College, Delhi Innovative herb grower of my state ... is growing Cajanus on Safed Musli beds (after maturity). Maximum utilization of space. Second picture is of rare Cajanus seeds collected from the Niyamgiri Hills. It is still under cultivation through traditional farming methods. Nice Catch Sir Here are Mine Thanks for showing the plant the seeds of which are used in our daily food. तूर डाळ The yellow flowers Strap shaped pod with black patches nicely depicted. Thanks ... for your valuable information.
"Tur" तूर Some variety. Pune Found growing in an open plot ...?escape Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: Cajanus cajan: Cajanus cajan from Tirupati (AP) The full yellow flowered one I have a different one. Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week- Is this pigeon pea ?: Found this shrub in Pune, at roadside (probably a planted one), on 21 st Oct 11. Plz Id. Yes, it is Cajanus cajan. Yes Arhar ki Dal... C cajan Cajanus cajana. Thogari in Kannada. Seeds (toor dal) are the most important ingredient for sambar preparation in South india.
Species : Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth H & H : slender shrub with trifoliolate leaves Date : 19/11/12, 1.31 p.m. Place : Hooghly Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth from Guwahati.: Attched images are Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth. Date :01.12.2012 Location: Guwahati-11 [Dist- Kamrup(Metro)] Family : Fabaceae Genus & species : Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth Habitat: Grows on garden Habit :Shrub Flower : Large, Yellow in colour Vern. name : Arahar/Rahar-mah
Hooghly Today : Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth: This is ARHAR in Bengali = Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.?]. It is not an agri-production in our area, instead many people grow them in their garden or front-yard, two or three plants only, must be for some Ayurvedic use. yes. locals use leaf juice for liver ds and they swear by it. its wild arhar ITS CLAIMED. Thank you ..., this plant shows varied flower colour in different individual, i have pictures of three types.
4 posts by 3 authors. Is it Common Laburnum- Laburnum anagyroides? It is the pigeon pea plant, Cajanus cajan. pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)
FJ 2 31102013 : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 3 authors. Please ID this plant with yellow flowers and small pods (Fabaceae) found in the botanical garden in Suva, Fuji. Photo was taken in September 2013. Names of Plants in India :: Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth : 5 posts by 3 authors. 1 image. Any Cajanus sp Seems Cajanus to me too. Cajanus cajan? Arhar? Yes ... Looks like Cajanus cajan indeed
via Species > C > Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth ... family: Fabaceae     kaj-AY-nus -- Latinized form of the Malay vernacular name for the pigeon pea ... Dave's Botanary KAJ-an -- from the Malay vernacular name for the pigeon pea ... Dave's Botanary commonly known as: Congo pea, no eye pea, pigeon pea, red gram • Assamese: অৰহৰ arahar, মিৰি মাহ mirai-maha • Bengali: অড়হর arahar • Gujarati: તુવેર tuver • Hindi: अरहर arhar, तुवर tuvar • Kannada: ತೊಗರಿ ಬೆಳೆ togari bele, ತೊಗರಿ ಕಾಳು togari kalu • Konkani: तोरी tori • Malayalam: ആഢകി adhaki, തുവര tuvara • Manipuri: মাইৰোংবী mairongbi • Marathi: तूर tur • Nepali: रहर rahar • Oriya: ହର୍ ହର୍ har-har, କାକ୍ଷୀ kakshi, ତୁବର tubara • Persian: شاخول shakhul • Punjabi: ਦਿੰਗੇਰ dinger • Sanskrit: आढकी adhaki, काक्षी kakshi, तुवरी tuvari • Tamil: ஆடகி adhaki, இருப்புலி iruppuli, காய்ச்சி kaycci, துவரை tuvarai • Telugu: ఆఢకి adhaki, కంది kandi, తొగరి togari, తువరము tuvaramu • Tibetan: tu ba ri • Urdu: ارهر arhar, توأر tuar ... and more names in Sanskrit: भारवृक्ष bharavrksha, कपिलद्रुम kapiladruma, करवीरभुजा karavirabhuja, पीतपुष्पा pitapushpa, वर्णा varna, वृत्तबीजा vrttabija botanical names: Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth ... synonyms: Cajanus bicolor DC. • Cajanus flavus DC. • Cajanus indicus Spreng. • Cytisus cajan L. (basionym) ... NPGS / GRIN ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Photographed at Bhile near Chiplun on 05 MAR 11 Thanks for detailed list of names ... believe me, I was not aware of the Punjabi name provided.. perhaps this is out now.. we call this Arhar in Punjab too.. Thank you very very much ... for validating the Punjabi name. I will be glad to get arhar OR harhar in Gurmukhi script. I use The Panjabi dictionary by Bhai Maya Singh ... most of the online dictionaries have archaic words, the modern and colloquial names are yet to gain entries.
ANOCT25 Please identify this Fabaceae herb : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (10). Bangalore outskirts 6th October 2014 The plant was growing outside a house, most likely is cultivated. Older stem parts have ridges and furrows. This is pigeon pea, Cajanus cajan. this is wild arhar in bengal, ethnomedicine claims its leaf juice is an elixir in liver disorders esp. hepatitis leading to jaundice. folks tend to look after a spontaneously sprouting gachh with care.Thank you ma'am, yes, this plant was growing in the same stone pot as tulsi gida (Ocimum sanctum) but nobody had pulled it out.
SYMBIOSIS : 703 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1). Attaching an image of a Bumble Bee on the flowers of Cajanus cajan (ARHAR).
SYMBIOSIS : 752 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) Attaching an image of a Forget Me Not butterfly on flowers of Cajanus cajan (ARHAR). wild arhar imp. hepatic supporter herb Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Cajanus cajan from Delhi-GSOCT04/04 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) Cajanus cajan (Linn.) Millsp. in Publ.Field Mus.Nat.Hist.Bot. Ser. 2:53. 1900. Syn: Cajanus indicus Spreng.; Cytisus cajan Linn. Common names: Congo-pea, pigeon-pea, red gram, yellow dhal Hindi: Arhar shrub reaching 3 m; leaves pinnately trifoliate with elliptic to lanceolate up to 8 cm long leaflets, pubescent above, pilose beneath; Flowers yellow with reddish-brown lines, in terminal panicles on up to 7 cm long peduncles; pod up to 10 cm long, pubescent. Photographed from Botanical Garden, Khalsa College, Delhi Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Cajanus cajan (L.) Hutch.from Assam KD 03 OCT15 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) Attached images are Cajanus cajan (L.) Hutch from Assam.
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Cajanus cajan :: Thane, Chiplun :: DVOCT20 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 9 images. Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. at Ganeshpuri on January 12, 2014 at Bhile, Chiplun on March 5, 2011 very nice. arhar in bangla. leaf juice is prescribed for liver disorders esp hepatitis I think you already had this name in your vernacular lists when you were working on it Thanks ... Yes, you remember it right; it is listed in my post during last year.
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Cajanus cajan :: Panipat :: NS OCT 13/13 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3) A cultivated species, though not on a considerable scale in our area... Cajanus cajan ...
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight ::Cajanus cajan : Maharashtra :: PKA-OCT-13 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2) This is a photograph of one of the most common Indian pulses, i.e. toovar / toor. Common names: toovar/toor, arhar, red gram, Pigeon pea. Bot name: Cajanus cajan (Cajanus indicus). family: Fabaceae
TSPNOV2015-45:Images of Cajanus cajan (Fabaceae) : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7) It is my pleasure to share few images of Cajanus cajan (Fabaceae) Habit: Shrub Habitat: Cultivated.. Sighting: Tumkur, Karnataka, about 800 msl. Date: 13-01-2014, 10-11-2014 and 24-10-2015 in gujarati i think this Tuver green pads themselves nad the green peas that can abe shelled out is a winter delicacy in Gujarata key ingredient in a mixed spicey vegetable dish called esp. Undhiyu. yummy I see in your pictures that is cultivated in Karnataka. is it locally sold as green pods? we don't get it in west Bengal This is Tuwar isn't it? yes ... i have heard different people pronounce them differently same thing different pronunciation/ different spelling i guess
Attaching an image in which two Rose-Ring Parakeet are feeding on seeds of Cajanus cajan (ARAHAR/ TUR).
Piptanthus nepalensis (Hook.)D.Don (accepted name) ??? : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7) Location: Irkhu, Chautara , Nepal Altitude: 5500 ft. Date: 13 December 2016 Piptanthus nepalensis (Hook.)D.Don (accepted name) ??? Nepali Names: सुगा फूल Sugaa Phool / सिकसीके Sikasike Not Piptanthus nepalensis. It is Cajanus cajan to me. Please see P.nepalensis in efi. Yes it is ! Thank you ... References: GRIN Annonated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal Flora of China The Plant List & Flora of Pakistan (Author citation different from GRIN & FOC) Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post Flowers of India Fact Sheet |
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