Sunhemp / Sunn hemp - Crotalaria Juncea - Green Manure Succulent The leaf margins are finely

The leaf margins are finely toothed

and soft annuals

It is native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere

large heads of flowers at papery rose

rather than hanging down from their stems

Sunhemp / Sunn hemp - Crotalaria Juncea - Green Manure Succulent The leaf margins are finelySunn hemp, Crotalaria juncea L. is popular as a green manure in many tropical and subtropical areas in the world as an organic nitrogen source. Sunn hemp suppresses weeds, slows soil erosion, and reduces root knot nematode populations. When ploughed under at early bloom stage, nitrogen recovery is the highest. Under optimum growing conditions sunn hemp can produce 134 to 147 lb acre of nitrogen (N) and 3 tons acre air dry organic matter at 60 days of