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CAJANUS INDICUS (PIGEON PEA) 



The seed of the pigeon pea (C. indicus) is largely used 

 as food in India, and forms the dholl hravate which is 

 eaten there and also imported by Mauritius. This dholl 

 is obtained from the two principal varieties, C. flavus and 

 C. bicolor. 



Appended are a few analyses of these seeds : — 



M. Balland gives analyses of seeds from different 



1 00 -00 

 Weight of 100 seeds, grm. lO'OO 



Professor Church obtains the following figures from 

 seeds harvested in India and intended for human con- 

 sumption : — 



Water 



Ash 



Cellulose 



Fat 



Starch 



Nitrogenous matter 



loo-o 



loo-o 



This is a rich food ; as can be seen, the nutritive ratio 

 is I :3, while the nutritive value is 80 per cent. 



The pods may be used as fodder, which bears out what 

 M. Boname said in his report in 1897, where there is an 

 analysis of the pods of C. indicus. 



