Cajanus cajan
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Description
Stems are slender with alternate spirally arranged leaves. Leaves are trifoliate and leaflets are oblong or elliptical in shape. The yellow flowers are produced on racemes of 5–10 flowers. The seed pods are flat and either straight or sickle shaped and measure 5-9 cm in length. Each pod can contain between 2 and 9 seeds which can be white, cream, brown, yellow, purple or black or mottled with any combination of these colors. Thin roots are up to 2 m deep.
Observations in Finland
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A total of observations in Finland ?
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Observations
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Species card
Checklist
MR.1
Scientific name
Cajanus cajan
Author
(L.) Huth
Vernacular names
- kirjokyyhkynherne (Finnish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.5009784
Taxon rank
species
Expert
- Jouko Rikkinen
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
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