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Fabaceae
Indian-hemp
Crotalaria juncea
Also known as Crotalaria porrecta, Hemp dogbane, Isotropis argentea, Dogbane
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Cover Crop · Green Manure · Fiber Plant · Tropical Legume · Nitrogen Fixing · Fast Growing · Annual Crop · Sunn Hemp · Fabaceae
Sunn hemp (Indian-hemp) is a fast-growing tropical legume commonly used as a green manure, cover crop, and fiber plant. Provide full sun and well-draining soil with regular watering during active growth for best results. It fixes atmospheric nitrogen, making it a valuable addition to garden beds and agricultural systems, but note that seeds and plant parts can be toxic if ingested.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until soil is evenly moist; allow the top inch to dry between waterings · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–8.4
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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