Taxon: Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: pest resistance for pigeon-pea   (for C. cajan fide Pl Res SEAs 1:41. 1989)
  

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View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Ryukyu Islands; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; Bhutan; India; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia - Java; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea [e.]; Philippines
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Northern Territory, Queensland
• PACIFIC
  Southwestern Pacific: Fiji

• AFRICA
  Africa [tropical]

References:

• Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
• Hacker, J. B. 1990. A guide to herbaceous and shrub legumes of Queensland.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Maesen, L. J. G. van der & Sadikin Somaatmadja, eds. 1989. Pulses. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1:41.
• Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1986. Cajanus and Atylosia W. & A. (Leguminosae). Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85–4:1–225.
• Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1986. Cajanus and Atylosia W. & A. (Leguminosae). Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85–4:183.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cajanus scarabaeoides.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cajanus scarabaeoides.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cajanus scarabaeoides.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Atylosia scarabaeoides (L.) Benth.
  
• (=) Cantharospermum pauciflorum Wight & Arn.
  
• (≡) Cantharospermum scarabaeoides (L.) Baill.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (≡) Dolichos scarabaeoides L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars:

• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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