pigeon pea

See also: pigeonpea

English

Pigeon pea plant (1).

Pigeon peas (2).

Alternative forms

• pigeonpea

Etymology

So called as they are used as feed for domesticated pigeons.

Noun

pigeon pea (plural pigeon peas)

1. A tropical African plant, Cajanus cajan, formerly Cajanus indicus.
2. The edible seed of this plant.

   Synonyms: Congo pea, (Caribbean, Puerto Rico) gandul, (Jamaica) gungo pea, (India) red gram, (India) togari, (India) toor, (India) toovar, (British colonial administration) dahl

   • 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 85:

     Pigeon peas are like hard brown pills specially grown to condition small bodies that are all feather, bone, muscle, head and heart.

Translations

Cajanus cajan plant

• Afrikaans: duifert (af)
• Arabic: بَازِلَّاء هِنْدِيَّة f (bāzillāʔ hindiyya), بِسِلَّة هِنْدِيَّة f (bisilla hindiyya)
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kyyhkynherne (fi), kirjokyyhkynherne
• French: pois d'Angole (fr) m
• German: Straucherbse f
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: caiano m
• Kannada: ತೊಗರಿ (kn) (togari)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: please add this translation if you can
• Mizo: behliang
• Ngazidja Comorian: ^{(please verify)} ntsuzi class 9/10
• Odia: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: guandu m, andu (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਅਰਹਰ (pa) f (arahar)
• Russian: голуби́ный горо́х m (golubínyj goróx), кая́н (ru) m (kaján)
• Serbo-Croatian: golubiji grašak m, golublji grah m
• Spanish: guandú m, quinchoncho m, frijol de palo m
• Swedish: duvärt c
• Tamil: துவரம் பருப்பு (ta) (tuvaram paruppu)
• Telugu: కందులు (te) (kandulu)
• Tulu: please add this translation if you can

edible seed

• Arabic: بَازِلَّاء هِنْدِيَّة f (bāzillāʔ hindiyya), بِسِلَّة هِنْدِيَّة f (bisilla hindiyya)
• Burmese: ပဲစင်းငုံ (my) (pai:cang:ngum)
• Finnish: kyyhkynherne (fi)
• German: Straucherbse f
• Kannada: ತೊಗರಿ ಕಾಳು (togari kāḷu)
• Korean: 비둘기콩 (bidulgikong)
• Punjabi: ਅਰਹਰ (pa) f (arahar)
• Serbo-Croatian: golubiji grašak m, golublji grah m
• Spanish: guandú m, quinchoncho m, frijol de palo m
• Swahili: mbaazi
• Telugu: కందిపప్పు (te) (kandipappu)

Further reading

• pigeon pea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia