Pigeon pea

Pigeon pea
	Botanical illustration of the morphological details of a C. cajan specimen.
	Botanical image depicting the foliage characteristics and differing pod and flower phenotypes.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Cajanus
Species:	C. cajan
Binomial name
	Cajanus cajan; (L.) Huth

The pigeon pea^[1] (Cajanus cajan) is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae native to the Eastern Hemisphere.^[2] The pigeon pea is widely cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions around the world, being commonly consumed in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.^[3]^: 5941

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