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taxid: 3821
genus: Cajanus
species: cajan 
abbrev: cajca
commonName: pigeonpea
description: "Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) is a member of the millettioid (warm-season legume) clade within the sub-family Papilionoideae. Pigeonpea is the main protein source for more than a billion people in the developing world. It is grown mainly in the semi-arid tropical regions (Asia, Africa and Central/South America)."
resources: 
  - name: LIS SequenceServer
    URL: "https://sequenceserver.legumeinfo.org/"
    description: "SequenceServer BLAST against the Cajanus cajan assembly v1.0"

strains:
  - identifier: ICPL87119 
    accession: ICPL 87119
    name: ICPL 87119
    description: "ICPL 87119 is a high-yielding pigeonpea variety, resistant to fusarium wilt and sterility mosaic diseases, identified for release in the central and south zones of India in 1992."
    origin: International Crops Research Inst. for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)