Crotalaria is grown in tropical regions.
There are many different species in the genus Crotolaria. Several are used as green manure. Of some species, the leaves are eaten as a vegetable. Sunn hemp is grown as a fooder or green manure.
Crotolaria species in symbiosis with Rhizobium sp. are nitrogen-fixing crops, which explains their use as green manure.
Names
Scientific
Crotalaria juncea
English
Crotalaria
Sunhemp
Sunn hemp
Dutch
Crotalaria
French
Crotalaria
German
Crotalaria
Ostindische Hanf
Taxonomy
Genus
Crotalaria
Family
Fabaceae
Order
Fabales
Crop categories
Green manures
Legumes
Forage and fodder crops