Common name: Arhar, Congo pea, no eye pea, pigeon pea, red gram Assamese: অৰহৰ arahar, মিৰি মাহ mirai-maha Bengali: অড়হর arahar Gujarati: તુવેર tuver Hindi: अरहर arhar, तुवर tuvar Kannada: ತೊಗರಿ ಬೆಳೆ togari bele, ತೊಗರಿ ಕಾಳು togari kalu Konkani: तोरी tori Malayalam: ആഢകി adhaki, തുവര tuvara Manipuri: ꯃꯥꯏꯔꯣꯡꯕꯤ Mairongbi Marathi: तूर tur Nepali: रहर rahar Oriya: ହର୍ ହର୍ har-har, କାକ୍ଷୀ kakshi, ତୁବର tubara Sanskrit: आढकी adhaki, काक्षी kakshi, तुवरी tuvari Tamil: ஆடகி adhaki, இருப்புலி iruppuli, காய்ச்சி kaycci, துவரை tuvarai Tangkhul: Khaithei Telugu: ఆఢకి adhaki, కంది kandi, తొగరి togari, తువరము tuvaramu Urdu: ارهر arhar, توأر tuar Arhar is the most common pulse eaten all over India. The cultivation of Arhar goes back at least 3000 years. The centre of origin is most likely Asia, from where it travelled to East Africa and by means of the slave trade to the American continent. The Arhar plant is an erect annual or short-lived perennial reaching a height of 3-10 feet. Because the coarse bush is deeply rooted, it has wide adaptability and grows well on semiarid land. It has slender, pointed trifoliate leaves and yellow or yellow and red flowers. Pods are similar to English peas, green and pointed with a bit of reddish mottling. Several pods are produced in clusters on an upright stem.
