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Fabaceae
Horse gram
Macrotyloma uniflorum
Also known as Madras gram, Kulthi bean, Dolichos uniflorus, Glycine uniflora
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Legume · Food Crop · Nitrogen Fixer · Drought Adapted · Tropical · Medicinal · Edible Seeds · Cover Crop · Fabaceae · Pulse
Horse gram is a hardy legume that tolerates poor soils and warm, semi-arid conditions with minimal inputs. Water sparingly once established, as it is well-adapted to dry spells and can fix atmospheric nitrogen to improve soil fertility. It is best grown outdoors in full sun to partial shade in tropical or subtropical gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing soil to dry out between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -10°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 6a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cameroon, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Jawa, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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