Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Cajanus cajan
Scientific Name and Description
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Cajanus bicolor DC.
Cajanus indicus SPR.
Cajanus indicus SPR.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common Names | pigeon pea |
| Hindi | Tuver, arardal, arhar, arhar dal, arhardal, dhal, tor, tuar, tur, tuur, tuvar, tuvvar |
| Marathi | Tuver, thoora, thoori, thoovar, tur, turi, tuur |
| Bengali | Arhar |
| Tamil | Thuvarai,adagam, adagi, amakam, amamatacai, atakam, ataki, curattam, duvarai, impurupali, irumpali, iruppappuli, iruppuli, iruppulikam, iruppulikamaram, iyavai, iyavu, iyavucceti, kacci, kaccikacceti, kaccikam, kalvayam, kalvayamaram, kanti, karaviramkarkai, karkaicceti, kattu-thovarai, kattuthovarai, kaycci, kecapukacceti, kecapukam, kuvalam, kuvalamaram, malaittuvarai, malikaittuvarai malur, miruttalakam, miruttalakam,miruttanam, miruttanam yarai, muluttuvarai, naiciravam, naiciravamaram, nattuttuvarai, paruppu, pataippeyan, pataippeyanmaram, thuvarai, torai, torai1, tuvarai, tuvarai-p-paruppu, tuvaraippayaru, tuvarankay1, tuvari, tuvarikam, vellaittuvarai, yarai |
| Telugu | Kandi, aadhaki, adhaki, candaloo, chinnacandi, cinnakandi, condacandaloo, errakandulu, ettakandulu, kandhi, kandi, kandul, kandulu, kondakandi, kunthaloo, peddacandi, peddakandi, peddakondakandi, peddakondakandulu, polukandi, potujandalu, potukandi, potukandulu, sinnakandi, yerracandaloo, yerrakandi |
| English | ambrevade, arhar, catjang, congo pea, dahl, pigeon pea |
| Kannada | adhaki, athaki, baele, byale, dalu, dhaal, kari uddu, kariuddu, kariyuddu, kariyudu, thogari bele, thogarukoy, thugari bele, thurukara thogari, togari, turukutogari, tuvari |
| Malayalam | adhaki, kakshi, thora-paerou, thoraporu, tumara, tuvara, tuvaracatjan, tuvarapparippu, tuvari |
| Sanskrit | adaki, adhaki, kakshi, kandu, karvirabhuja, mritana, mrittala, mrittalaka, pitapushpa, shanapushpika, soppyah, supya, surashtaja, tuberika, tuvari, tuvarika, vritabija |
| Tibetan | tu ba ri, tu pa ri (p) |
| Urdu | arhar |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Fruits
Seeds
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Dansi et al. 2008
Kadhirvel et al. 2010
Rao et al. 2006
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Body
Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp
Habit -Subshrub
Parts used -Leaves, seed, fruit
Application -Jaundice; antidiabetic; contraceptive; galactagogus; tooth ache; vegetable
Treatment -General
References -Dansi et al. 2008, Kadhirvel et al. 2010, Rao et al. 2006