Cajanus
(Catjang is the Amboyna name). Cajan. ORD. Leguminosoe. A genus of erect stove evergreen shrubs, clothed with velvety pubescence. Flowers yellow, distinctly peduncled, corymbose, racemose; standard sometimes beautifully veined with red. Leaves pinnately trifoliate. A light rich soil suits these plants well. Young cuttings will root in sand, with a hand glass placed over them, in heat; but plants are usually raised from seeds, obtained from the West Indian Islands and India.
C. indicus (Indian).* Pigeon Pea. fl. yellow, or purple-spotted, in axillary racemes. July. l. pinnately trifoliolate; leaflets lanceolate. h. 6ft. to 10ft. India. (B. M. 6440.) C. i. bicolor (two-coloured). fl. yellow. July. h. 4ft. India, 1800. (B. R. 31, 31.) C. i. flavus (yellow). fl. yellow. July. h. 4ft. India, 1687.