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The pigeon pea [1] (Cajanus cajan) or toor dal is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae native to the Eastern Hemisphere. [2] The pigeon pea is widely cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions around the world, being commonly consumed in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Some of the plants that were analyzed were citrullus lanatus, or egusi melon/watermelon, found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun, cajanus cajan, or pigeon pea, found in a 12th Dynasty tomb at Thebes, vigna unguiculata, or cowpea, found in ancient Egypt during the 5th Dynasty, and ricinus communis, or castor bean, found in Pre-Dynastic contexts. [80]
Gulbarga Tur Dal is a variety of pigeon pea cultivated in the Indian state of Karnataka. [1] [2] It is a common and widely cultivated crop in talukas of Aland, Chincholi, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Afzalpur, Chittapur, Sedam and Jewargi located in Kalaburagi district along with the Shorapur, Shahpur and Yadgir talukas of Yadgir district.
Species include the pigeon pea (C. cajan), which is a significant food crop. The natural range of Cajanus species includes West Africa, Madagascar and the Comoros, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, southern China and Taiwan, Malesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia. Typical habitats include seasonally-dry tropical open forest, woodland ...
Approximate centers of origin of agriculture in the Neolithic Revolution and its spread in prehistory as understood in 2003: the Fertile Crescent (11,000 BP), the Yangtze and Yellow River basins (9,000 BP) and the New Guinea Highlands (9,000–6,000 BP), Central Mexico (5,000–4,000 BP), Northern South America (5,000–4,000 BP), sub-Saharan Africa (5,000–4,000 BP, exact location unknown ...
Nsukka is an agricultural-trade centre for the yams, cassava (manioc), corn (maize), taro, pigeon peas, and palm oil and kernels produced by the local Igbo (Ibo) people. Weaving is a traditional local craft. Coal deposits have been discovered east of Nsukka around Obolo, a town on the main Onitsha-Makurdi road. [3]
The skies hosted three different species of fruit bats, three different species of pigeon, and more than two dozen other types of birds. There were no pigs, horses, dogs, cows, or rats. There were no Tongans. The South Pacific, meanwhile, was almost completely uninhabited. Any present humans existed on the western fringes of the Solomon Islands.
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