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Cajanus platycarpus (Benth.)Maesen

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Cajanus DC.

Cajanus platycarpus (Benth.)Maesen [Preferred name]
    Atylosia geminiflora Dalzell {Synonym}
    Atylosia platycarpa Benth. {Synonym}
    Cantharospermum distans Baker {Synonym}
    Cantharospermum geminiflorum (Dalzell)Raizada {Synonym}
    Cantharospermum geminifolium (Dalzell)Raizada {Orthographic variant}
    Cantharospermum platycarpum (Benth.)Raizada {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Sukli Sengha [2516]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (N) [274, 2516, 3584]; Bihar [2516]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [2516]; Daman [2516]; Diu [2516]; Gujarat [2516]; Haryana [2516]; Himachal Pradesh [2516]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Madhaya Pradesh [2516]; Maharashtra [2516]; Orissa [2516]; Punjab [2516]; Rajasthan [2516]; Uttar Pradesh [2516]; Indonesia (N) [274]; Jawa (N) [274]; Nepal (U) [274, 1914, 2516]; Pakistan (N) [274, 1938, 2516]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [274, 1938, 2516, 3587] ; Distribution Map [274, 2516] ; Illustration [274, 1938, 2516]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [274] ; Habit: Herb [274], Shrub [274] ; Lifespan: Annual [274], Perennial [274] ; Source(s): 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Medicine [274, 2516, 3034]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

274.

  Van der Maesen, L.J.G, 1985
    Agric.Univ.Wageningen Papers 85-4:1-225.Cajanus & Atylosia

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

2516.

  Van der Maesen, L.J.G., 1986
    Agric.Univ.Wageningen Papers 85-4:1-225.Cajanus & Atylosia..

3034.

  Jain, S.K., 1991
    Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany

3584.

  Sharma, B.M. & Kachroo, P., 1979
    Flora of Jammu & Plants of Neibourhood, Vol. 1.

3587.

  Haines, H.H., 1922
    The Botany of Bihar & Orissa, Part 3. London.
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