• Family : FABACEAE
  (Pea Or Bean Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LEGUMINOSAE
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Basionym : Atylosia cajanifolia Haines
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cajanus cajanifolius (Haines) Maesen
• Vernacular name : Banokandulo, Ban Arhar, Kanduli (Oria)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Scrub jungles
• Comments / notes : Northern Eastern Ghats
• Flower, Fruit : November-April
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 27/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0569
• Collection Locality : Barbera to Balugaon road (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Rayagada district, Gajapati district, Kalhandi district, Koraput district, Puri district
  • Chattisgarh : BSTR, BLPR
• Native : India
• Endemism : India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Near Threatened (NT)
• 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., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cajanus cajanifolius. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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