Name: | Lablab (Lablab purpureus) |
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Description: | Large-seeded annual capable of rapid growth having large leaves and an upright growth habit. Sow at 15-20 kg/ha 4-6 cm deep using conventional machinery or direct drilled with press wheels. Koala is an early, white seeded variety that can be used for human consumption, grazing or green manuring. Highworth and Rongai are later maturing varieties that rarely set seed in this environment, but produce more dry matter for forage, hay or silage. |
Minimum Annual Rainfall: |
Can be sown down to 550 mm summer dominant rainfall |
Varieties | Koala – An early flowering white seeded line |