Legumes
Velvetbean (Mucana pruniens)
Plant Characteristics: Annual vine with group of three large leaflets and clusters of white to purple flowers. Hairs are usually found in well-developed pods.
Establishment: Well adapted to the sandy soils in the southern part of the state. Plant from February to March at a rate of 30 lb/ac. Velvetbean was typically intercropped between rows of maize to improve soil fertility in maize and cotton rotations in the southern states
Fertilization: Tolerant to acidity and low fertility. Application 200 pounds per acre of 0-20-20 is recommended.
Grazing/Hay Management: Velvetbean can be used as pasture or green manure. Moderate grazing can be done from May to August.
Legumes
- Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
- Alyceclover (Alysicarpus vaginalis)
- Arrowleaf Clover (Trifolium vesiculosum)
- Ball Clover (Trifolium nigrescens)
- Berseem Clover (Trifolium alexandrium)
- Bigflower Vetch (Vicia grandiflora)
- Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
- Black Medic (Medicago lupulina)
- Button Clover (Medicago orbicularis)
- Caleypea (Lathyrus hirsutus)
- Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)
- Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)
- Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum)
- Hairy Vetch (Vicia villosa)
- Korean Lespedeza (Lespedeza stipulacea)
- Kudzu (Pueraria lobata)
- Lappa Clover (Trifolium lappaceum)
- Large Hop Clover (Trifolium campestre)
- Perennial Peanut (Arachis glabrata)
- Persian Clover (Trifolium resupinatum)
- Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
- Rose Clover (Trifolium hirtum)
- Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)
- Small Hop Clover (Trifolium dubium)
- Soybean (Glycine max)
- Spotted or Southern Burclover (Medicago arabica)
- Striate Annual Lespedeza (Lespedeza striata)
- Subterranean Clover (Trifolium subterranum)
- Velvetbean (Mucana pruniens)
- White Ladino Clover (Trifolium repens)
- White Sweetclover (Melilotus alba)
- Winter Pea (Pisum sativum)
- Yellow Sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis)