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Article #80"Pigeon pea". Why so named?
From: Phred
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:31
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:31
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G'day mates, A question arose today about pigeon pea (still _Cajanus cajan_ to me; but the taxonomists say it's now in _Atylosia_). It was quite a simple question: "Why is pigeon pea called pigeon pea?" [AKA "pigeonpea".] I have to say, I'm damned if I know why! It's been pigeon pea to me since I first met it 40 years ago, and I've never wondered why. According to <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pigeon+pea> it's simply "From the use of its seeds as pigeon feed." While that may well be true, it almost sounds *too* simplistic. After all, the main use is for human food (red gram, toor dal, etc.) especially in India. So where and why has it become associated with bloody pigeons? (An analogous question arises for "chickpea".) Cheers, Phred. -- ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID
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X-Google-Thread: 10bcbe,514ac9f3db86a658,start X-Google-Thread: f4acb,514ac9f3db86a658,start X-Google-Thread: fd648,514ac9f3db86a658,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10bcbe,gidf4acb,gidfd648,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com (Phred) Newsgroups: sci.bio.botany,sci.agriculture,aus.science Subject: "Pigeon pea". Why so named? Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:31:05 GMT Organization: Just me Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4e5d0bF1cgdldU1@individual.net> X-Trace: individual.net LQwm1y2O/oapP0PuyQYEBwmb58nGmyqoFF3vp52zjTIsTjJBEa X-Orig-Path: Telstra X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.01