Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
| Synonym : | Cajanus cajan (L.) Huth. Cajan indorum Medik. Cajanus bicolor Dc. Cytisus cajan L. Phaseolus balicus L. |
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| Bangla Name : | rhar, Tur, Aral. , Flaying (Murong), Heankhrung (Chakma), Santai (Tipra), Piang Kong (Marma). |
| English Name : | Pigeon Pea, Red Gram, Congo Pea. |
| Family : | Fabaceae |
| Disease : | piles, laxative, jaundice, pneumonia, anthelmintic, ulcers, tumours, bronchitis, heart diseases, piles and cough. |
| Description : | An erect bushy shrub up to 3 m high. Leaves trifoliate, leaflets oblong-lanceolate, densely silky beneath. Flowers yellow, in loose corymbose racemes or forming a terminal panicle, Corolla three times the calyx, standard yellow or veined with red. Pod oblong, 5-7.5 cm long, finely downy. |
| Distribution : | Cultivated throughout Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Leaves contain phytoalexins, sterols, triterpens and other lipidic constituents. Roots contain antifungal isoflavone, cajanone, cajaflavone, methyl cajanone, cajaisoflavone, an isoflavone glucosides, genistein, an anthraquinone derivative, cajaquinone, si |
| Uses : | Using information: Leaves are used in diseases of the mouth and piles, tender leaves are chewed in cases of aphthae and spongy gums. Juice of leaves is laxative, given in jaundice and pneumonia. The seeds are astringent to the bowels and anthelmintic, c |
| Habit : | Shrub |