Calapogonium Mucunoides (CM)

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It is a twinner and creeper with tolerance for poor soils. The legume cuts off during dry months. It is a prolic seeder; Calopogonium mucunoides has large leaf. It very vigorous growth and germinate through seed. Used for growth and seed production. Not very persistent under drought conditions. Used for quick LCP cover establishment. Seeding rate 4-6 kg/ha. Fixes atmospheric Nitrogenn. Shade tolerant and persists where Pueraria has been shaded out.