Cajanus crassus - Thick-Stemmed Cajanus

Thick-Stemmed Cajanus

ative

Photo: Dinesh Valke

Common name: Thick-Stemmed Cajanus • Hindi: Jungli Baler

Botanical name: Cajanus crassus (King) Maesen

Cajanus crassus Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Cantharospermum volubile, Atylosia volubilis, Atylosia crassa

Thick-Stemmed Cajanus is a perennial climbing shrub with trifoliate leaves. Flowers are yellow, shaped like pea flowers.

Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar

Photographed along Gersoppa Ghat, Karnataka.

• Is this flower misidentified? If yes,