Guandu

Guandu Family: Fabaceae Genus: Cajanus Species: cajan, flavus Common names: Guandu, Pidgeon Pea, Feijao Guandu, Adhaki, Chieh Tu Tzu, Chieh Tu, Gandul, Guaduli, Guandul, Pois Cajan, Pois Congo, Pois D'Angolie, Shan Tou Ken, Kachang gude, Kachang kayu (tree bean), Katjang bali Pidgeon Pea Pigeon pea is one of the most important legume components of subsistence farming systems in the semi-arid tropics. Guandu is a small pea, usually mottled green and black-dark purple. When it is in season it is readily available in the markets, along the street or road side. It may be purchased already shelled or in pods on long slender stems Perennial woody shrub, mostly grown as an annual for the legume; stems strong, woody, to 4 m tall, freely branching; root system deep and extensive, to about 2 m, with a taproot. Leaves alternate, pinnately trifoliolate, stipulate; stipels small, subulate; leaflets lanceolate to elliptic, entire, acute apically and basally, penninerved, resinous on lower surface and pubescent, to 15 cm long and 6 cm wide. Inflorescence in terminal or axillary racemes in the upper branches of the bush. Flowers multi-colored with yellow predominant, red, purple, orange occur in streaks or fully cover the dorsal side of the flag, zygomorphic. Pods compressed, 2¡V9-seeded, not shattering in the mg, pea, pigeon, india, seeds, crop, cvs, leaves, cajanus, under, seed, conditions, cm, annual, sown, rows, protein, pods, per, moisture, first, fat, early, duke, dried, cajan, about, reported, mean, legume, leaf, green, flower, fiber, eaten, crude, been, ash, africa, acid, 100, var, tropical, tolerate, time, through, threshing, pois, plants, plant