Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cajanus cajan
fréjol de palo, chícharo gandú, gandúl, pigeonpea, arha
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Cajanus
Species
cajan
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cajanus flavus
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1993
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Chavez, J. (1993) Diagnostico de la Agricultura y la Ganader¡a en la Provincia de Galapagos. Tesis.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cajanus cajan", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=494. Accessed 16 July 2025.