Fabaceae
Cajanus

Cajanus albicans (Wight & Arn.) Maesen

First published in Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85(4): 55 (1985 publ. 1986)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India, Sri Lanka. It is a climbing subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Seed Collecting Guide. RBG Kew (2013-2016)

Morphology General Habit
Perrenial tiners; branchlets white-canescent
Morphology Leaves Stipules
Stipules triangular actue, ca. 2mm long, caducous
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 3-4.5 x 2-4 cm, obovate, apex rounded, base obtuse, grey pubescent below, nerves ca. 4 pairs, laterals oblique; petiole to 2-4 cm, petiolule 2 mm, pubescent, stipules 3 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes lax, to 4 cm; bracts 3 mm; calyx tube 3 mm, lobes 1.5 mm, triangular, pubescent; petals persistent, yellow
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Pod 3.5 x 1 cm, transversally flattened, grey pubescent, strongly mucronate Seeds rectangular-rounded, about 5 mm long, 3 mm wide, 2-3mm tick, grey and black mosaic; strophiole divided, greenish.
Ecology
Tropical dry deciduous forests or scrub vegetation. Altitude:500 - 1700 m
Distribution
Peninsular India, Sri Lanka.
Conservation
Least concerned
Phenology
Flower (October - January); fruit (December - April)
[SCG]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Climbing, Herb/Shrub
Vernacular
Wal-Kollu
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Seed Collection Guides

    • Seed Collection Guides
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0