Sunn hemp is a multipurpose tropical and subtropical legume that originated in India where it has been grown since the dawn of agriculture. It has been utilized as a green manure, livestock feed and as a non-wood fiber crop.
It is a member of the legume family. It is a branched, erect, herbaceous shrubby annual growing 3 to 9 feet high with bright green simple, elliptical leaves.
Sunn Hemp has deep yellow terminal flowers, and the light brown pods are small (1 inch long and a half inch wide) and inflated. It has a well-developed root system with a strong taproot.
The crop is grown for green manure, as a soil improver and as a disease break in cereal or other crop rotations. Sunn hemp is locally used as fodder.
Despite its name, Sunn Hemp is not a true hemp of the Cannabis genus.
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