Pigeon pea - Cajanus cajan ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Sub-family: Faboideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Cajanus cajan
Common name: Pigeon pea

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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pigeon pea in Togo second season (more photos)

Origin
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South India
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
nut
Harvest method:
mechanic harvesting
Shelf life:
very long shelf life
Yield first season:
0.8 kg/plant
Yield top season:
75 kg/ha/yr N-fix
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
seed/nut
major food
Medicinal
seed/nut
no effect
 proteins
21
22.5
 medicals
Lipids seed/nut
(steam distillation
)
inapplicable
pigeon pea oil
1.30%
1.70%
 liphids
Apiculture:
good
 honey
Fruit:
inedible
 fruits
Nut:
good
 nuts
Fodder:
very good
 fodder
Wood stem / wood
no timber
pigeon pea sticks
 450ρ 600ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 6 credits 4,800 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • nut
  • mulch
  • fertilization
  • fuel
  • fodder

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of other crops









Plant Details
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by Ji-Elle - Cape Verde - 18 Februari 2012 (more photos)

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
4
 m tallest
Crown width:
2
 m widest
Planting distance:
100
 cm
Row distance:
200
 cm
Growing speed:
very fast
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
full sun
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
deep
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
high endo-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
  • Glomus constrictum
  • Glomus epigaeum
  • Glomus fasciculatum
  • Glomus fulvum
  • Glomus hoi
  • Glomus intraradices
  • Glomus macrocarpum
  • Glomus mosseae

 M-fungi
N-fixing:
able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 0 - 1 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
1
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
4
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):
Macadamia Plan

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: hermaphroditic
 specials
Pollinators:
bees
 specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: decidious in dry season specials
Invasiveness: a bit invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 1000 m 2,000m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 3°C 18°C 38°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 400 mm 1450 mm 2,500 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.0 7.0 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
10
 months
Seed weight:
16,000
18,000
 seeds/kg

Tolerances
Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Wind tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Fire tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Agromyza
 Diseases:

Propagation instruction
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  • (1) Store harvested seeds dry at room temperature
  • (2) Soak the seeds overnight in warm water before sowing.
  • (3) press the seeds twice its size in the soil soil.
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Cajanus cajan seeds (source; wikimedia)(more photos) Greene - Georgia, USA - 28 April 2013
(more photos)

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Additional Photos
Stem photo: Crop's photo:
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stem photo from google search (more photos) Pigeon peas meal (more photos)