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 The ''''Cajanus cajan''' is a perennial legume from the Fabaceae family. Since its domestication in India at least 3,500 years ago, its seeds have become a common food in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. 

{{Uses|Jaundice,}}, {{Uses|Stomach painStomachache}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Purifying blood}}, {{Uses|pilesPiles}}, {{Uses|tongue Tongue sores}}, {{Uses|Gum inflammation}}, {{Uses|Spongy gums}},{{Uses|bedsoresBedsores}}, {{Uses|woundsWounds}}, {{Uses|maleriaMalaria}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.

{{Parts Used|Seed}}, {{Parts Used|LeavesLeaf}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.

The Artocarpus species Chemical constituent investigations have indicated that Cajanus cajan leaves are rich in phenolic compounds including flavonoids, stilbenoids, arylbenzofurons and Jacalin, a lectinstilbenes.<ref name="chemical composition"/>

{{Common names|kn=ತೊಗರಿ ಬೆಳೆ Togaribele, Kari Uddu, Togaribeleತೊಗರಿ ಕಾಳು Togari kalu|ml=Thuvara, Tuvara|sa=Tuvari, Adhaki|ta=Tovarai, Thovary|te=Kandulu, Kadulu|hi=Arahad, Arahar|en=Pigeon Pea, Red Gram}}<ref name="Common names"/>

{{Habit|TreeA small erect shrub}}

{{Leaf|Simple|Trifoliolate,lanceolate|alternate, spiral, clustered at twigs end, tawny hirsute, caducous, leaving annular scarLeafs are 2.5-13.5 cm long to 1-5.5 cm wide. The leaflets are green above and a silvery grey-green beneath and are covered on their lower surfaces in small yellow glands}}.<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Unisexual|14cm long|PendulousYellow, Ovoidpapilionaceous||male flowers in axillary spikes, pendulous; female flowers in axillary spikes, ovoidTypical of species belonging to the Leguminosae subfamily Papilionoideae. Flowering from August to November}}

{{Fruit|Straight or sickle|2-13 cm long x 0.5-1.5 cm|Syncarp (sorosis)The seeds are 4-9 mm x 3-8 mm and can be white, subglobose brown, purplish, black or ellipsoid with long echinate processes, orange when ripemottled.||Many seeds many, ovoid.|Fruiting from August to December}}

{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}, {{Propagation|AirlayersCuttung}}.

In terms of taking care of the plant, minimal pruning is required Cutting off dead branches from the interior of the tree is only sometimes neededSeed germinate in about 2 weeks. In addition, twigs bearing fruit must be twisted or cut down <ref name="How to the trunk to induce growth for the next season. Branches should be pruned every three to four years to maintain its productivity.Stingless bees such as Tetragonula iridipennis are jackfruit pollinators, and as such, play an important role in jackfruit cultivation.plant/cultivate"/>

{{Commonly seen|Western GhatsSemi-arid tropics}}, {{Commonly seen|Malabar CoastHumid areas}}, {{Commonly seen|Cold-free zones}}.

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<references> <ref name="chemical compositionKarnataka Medicinal Plants">[https://www”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M.sciencedirectR.com/science/article/pii/S0378874110002060 "ethnopharmacology"]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversityGurudeva, Page No.org/species/show545, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/8066 "morphology"]7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>

* [http://frlhtenvisagropedia.niciitk.ac.in/KidsCentrecontent/Artocarpus_hirsutus_1636.aspx Artocarpus hirsutus on ENVIS Centre diseases-pigeon-pea Pigeon pea on Conservation of Medicinal PlantsAgropedia]* [https://indiabiodiversityplantvillage.org/speciestopics/showpigeon-pea/8066 Artocarpus hirsutus infos Pigeon pea on India Biodiversity PortalPlantVillage]* [https://www.sciencedirecthort.purdue.comedu/sciencenewcrop/articleduke_energy/pii/S0378874110002060 Artocarpus: A review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacologyCajanus_cajun.html Cajanus cajun - purdue.edu]* [https://pdfswww.semanticscholarfeedipedia.org/d5c0/67efca6a605cfebce2ad4b6a8a702887ccca.pdf Artocarpus: A review of its phytochemistry and pharmacology]* [http:/node/citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.381.143&rep=rep1&type=pdf Pharmacognostical studies 22444 Cajanus cajun on the bark of Artocarpus hirsutus LamFeedipedia]

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