Trees & Plants

Congo pea

Mugu tholhi

Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.

Grown in homesteads Pigeon pea is a popular food in tropical countries. It is used for various other purposes such as medicine, fodder and as a nutrient cycler. The leaves are used as a remedy for oral ulcers, odontagia, to gingivitis, strangury and inflammations. The seeds are t

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uses: Pigeon pea is a popular food in tropical countries. It is used for various other purposes such as medicine, fodder and as a nutrient cycler. The leaves are used as a remedy for oral ulcers, odontagia, to gingivitis, strangury and inflammations. The seeds are taken to get relief from intestinal worms, haemorrhoids, fever and cardiac disease. The leaves and seeds when applied as a poultice over the breast may induce lactation.
family: Fabaceae
synonym: Cytisus cajan L., Phaseolus balicus L. to
description: Shrubs; stems ribbed. Leaves × alternate, trifoliolate; leaflets 5-13 1.5- 6 cm, elliptic to lanceolate, lateral ones obliquely elliptic. Flowers in axillary pseudo-racemes, rarely also terminal. Calyx golden tomentose and glandular, persistent in fruit. Standard petal yellow, 12-17 mm long, often reddish-lined or orange to purple externally; wings yellow, keel Th yellowish-green tinged orange to purple. Stamens diadelphous, anthers uniform. × Pods 4-10 0.5-1 cm, yellow or green striped with maroon or dark purple, straight L. to sickle-shaped, glandular pubescent; seeds 2-9, cream or reddish brown, slightly × laterally flattened, 4-9 3-8 mm.
native range: Uncertain - most likely Asia
distribution: Worldwide, widely cultivated
english names: Congo pea · Pigeon-pea · Red gram
flowering fruiting: December- March
occurrence maldives: Grown in homesteads