• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species : Cajanus cajanifolius
• Basionym : Atylosia cajanifolia Haines
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cajanus cajanifolius (Haines) Maesen
• Vernacular name : Banokandulo, Ban Arhar, Kanduli (Ori.)
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0569
• Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R. & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 27/02/16
• Collection Locality : Berbera-Balugaon Road, Khurda district, Odisha State
• Habitat : Scrub forest
• Habit : Shrub
• Flower, Fruit : November-April
• Native : India
• Comments : Rare in hills of northern Eastern Ghats. Grows in wild along moist stream banks at an altitude of about 400-1200 m.
• Conservation Status : Near Threatened (NT)
• Distribution Locality : Palakonda R.F. (Srikakulam district), Gudem Valley (Visakhapatnam district), Dummakonda Hills (East Godavari district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Gajapati district, Kalahandi district, Mahendragiri Hills (GJM), Khurda district, Khasipur Hills (Rayagada district), Koraput district, Puri district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cajanus cajanifolius. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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