CAJANUS cajan

Common Name:  Pigeon Pea

Native to India, widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical Queensland and New South Wales.  Shrub to small tree growing 1 to 4 m, an annual or short-lived perennial with a deep taproot.  A drought resistant nitrogen-fixing legume, up to 90 kg nitrogen per hectare.  Uses include food crop (dried peas, flour, green peas), green manure crop, livestock feed and forage interplanted with grasses.