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Velvet bean
Mucana deeringianum
Fri 16 March 2007

Mucana deeringianum / Stizolobium deeringianum - Velvet bean
 

 
 
 
 
 
English:  Velvet bean
Danish: 
French: Haricot velouté 
German: 
Spanish: Judía aterciopelada de Florida, de Yokohama
 
Botanical description: 
 
Production description: 
 
Major uses and marketed products: Immature pods; Forage; Very rarely used as grains after removing stizolobique acid. 
 
Components ( % dry matter):


Protein  Starch Fat  Fibre  ADF  NDF  Lignin  Ash 
       
 
 
Comments: Mauritius bean, Mucana  
 

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