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
Brown hemp
Crotalaria
Indian hemp
Madras hemp
Sunhemp
Sunn hemp
Dutch
Crotalaria
French
Crotalaria
German
Crotalaria
Ostindische Hanf
Taxonomy
Order
Fabales
Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Crotalaria
Species
Crotalaria juncea (Sunn hemp)
Crop categories
Forage and fodder crops
Green manures
Legumes
Minor crops
Subtropical crops
Tropical crops