384 
USEFUL PLANTS OF THE DISTRICT OF LAKHIMPUR. 
86. Lathyrus Linn. 
104. L. sativus Linn. F. B. I. ii, 170;] Eng. & Prantl iii, 3, 353 y 
Beng. PI. 368 ; D. E. P. iv, 500, 
Dibrugarh. No. 10. 
Local name. — Kisan. 
Distrib.— Cultivated all over India. Also in West Asia, Tropical 
Africa and parts of Europe. 
Much cultivated throughout the province. A small vetchling. The stems and petioles 
are winged. The flowers are usually sky blue and the upper border of the pod has twe 
wings. Peasants about Dibrugarh told us that regular use of the grain caused paralysis. 
One man went so far as to say that no one should eat it oftener than once in two months. 
Animals are apparently immune from its evil effects as cows fatten kindly on it and give much 
milk. For the poisonous! properties of this pulse see Report on Lathyrism in the Central 
Provinces in 1890 — 1902, by Major Andrew Buchanan, I.M.S. (1904). 
87. Pi Slim Linn. 
105. P. sativum Linn. F. B. I. ii, 181 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 3 ; 355 . 
Beng. PI. 369 ; D. E. P. vi, 1, 277 ; Pharmacog. Ind. i, 489. 
Dibrugarh. No. 10. 
Local name. — Malar. iC Garden Pea/* 
Distrib. — Cultivated throughout the world. 
The ordinary green pea of English vegetable gardens recognised by its huge stipules. It 
is commonly cultivated throughout the district. 
88 . Cajanus DC. 
106. C. iiulicus Spreng. F. B. I. ii, 217 ; Eng. & Prantl iii, 3, 372 ; 
Beng. PI. 383 ; D. E. P. ii, 12 ; Pharmacog. Ind. i, 489. 
Dibrugarh. No. 20. 
Local name. — Arhar . “ Pigeon Pea.” 
Distrib. — Extensively cultivated throughout India up to an. altitude 
of 6,000 ft. in the Himalayas. Cosmopolitan in the tropics, probably a 
native of the Old World. 
Au erect shrub with 3-foliate leaves and silky branches. Cultivated, here and there 
for its seeds which are used as pulse. 
89. Pliaseolus Linn. 
107. P. mungo Linn. Eng. & Prantl iii, 3, 380; Beng. PL 387. 
P. mungo Linn. var. radiatus Linn. F, B, I. H, 203 ; D. E. P. vi, 1, 
191 ; Pharmacog. Ind. i, 488. 
P. radiatus Roxb. FI. Ind. iii, 296. 
Dibrugarh. No. 341. 
Local name kalui) mash. 
