Gurcharan ji Thanks for showing the plant the seeds of which are used in our daily food.तूर डाळ The yellow flowers Strap shaped pod with black patches nicely depicted. Thanks Pankaj ji for your valuable information.
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Cajanus cajan* (Linn.) Millsp. in Publ.Field Mus.Nat.Hist.Bot. Ser. > 2:53. 1900. > Syn: *Cajanus* *indicus* Spreng.; *Cytisus* *cajan* Linn. > > Common names: *Congo-pea*, *pigeon-pea*, *red gram*, *yellow dhal* > *Hindi: Arhar* > > shrub reaching 3 m; leaves pinnately trifoliate with elliptic to > lanceolate up to 8 cm long leaflets, pubescent above, pilose beneath; > Flowers yellow with reddish-brown lines, in terminal panicles on up to 7 cm > long peduncles; pod up to 10 cm long, pubescent. > > Photographed from Botanical Garden, Khalsa College, Delhi > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Dr Satish Phadke
