Pigeon Pea Large Seed Variety seeds

Botanical name: Cajanus cajan

Common name: Pigeon pea

80 seeds – $12.00

Locally harvested in Queensland.

This pigeon pea variety produces larger seeds than the more commonly found variety. The pods are larger and contain fewer seeds. Flowers are a pale lemon colour.

Pigeon pea is a perennial legume that belongs to the Fabaceae family. It is native to tropical regions of Africa and India, but has been cultivated and naturalised in many other parts of the world.

Pigeon pea is a shrub-like plant that can grow 4-5 meters tall with compound leaves and yellow flowers. It is fast growing and is an important high strata, low succession tropical and subtropical agroforestry species. It’s deep taproot system helps improve soil structure and fertility, and it’s fast growing canopy provides shade and plentiful biomass.

Pigeon pea is an important food, fodder and fuel plant in many parts of the world. It is used for erosion control, as a windbreak, to fix nitrogen and as a forage crop for livestock. Also called red gram, it can be cooked and eaten.