C NSW Agriculture, Yanco Agricultural Institute, Yanco, NSW 2703, Australia. R. T. Colton NSW Agriculture, Division of Plant Industries, Locked Bag 21, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia. The cross was made by I. A. Rose in February 1988 at Narrabri Research Station. WNC 165 was 1 of 200 lines selected for evaluation in the Lachlan Valley, based on maturity, plant type, and yield. Banjalong has an indeterminate growth habit, with narrow leaves, purple flowers, brown pubescence with tan pod walls.
Seeds are yellow and spherical with a shiny lustre.
Hila are black in colour. Banjalong is distinguished from cv. Lachlan by its tan pod wall colour, from Stephens by flower colour, and from Ridley by flower colour and leaf shape. Banjalong is probably carrying the Rpsk1 gene found in Williams 82, which gives resistance to these 3 races. No bacterial pustule or bacterial blight has been observed on Banjalong.