NAME: Centrosema pubescens

FAMILY: Leguminosae

COMMON NAMES: Fodder pea, butterfly pea

LOCAL NAMES: Ewa-ahun

MORPHORLOGICAL DESCRIPTION:

Centrosema pubescens is a herbaceous, climbing, perennial herb with its vigorous stems scrambling over the ground or twining into other plants for support.

USEFUL PART(s): Leaves

GENERAL USES:

The plant is grown as a green manure
It is widely used as a plantation cover and pasture legume

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION:

South America and Central America

WHY IS IT GREEN?

Skin diseases

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

It is drought resistance

FUN FACT

Plants are shade tolerant.

FURTHER READINGS

Borges, H. B. N. (2006). Biologia reprodutiva de Centrosema pubescens Benth: (Fabaceae). Boletim Do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Naturais. https://doi.org/10.5123/s1981-81142006000100003

Samedani, B., Juraimi, A. S., Abdullah, S. A. S., Rafii, M. Y., Rahim, A. A., & Anwar, M. P. (2014). Effect of cover crops on weed community and oil palm yield. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology.

Samedani, B., Juraimi, A. S., Rafii, M. Y., Sheikh Awadz, S. A., Anwar, M. P., & Anuar, A. R. (2015). Effect of cover crops on weed suppression in oil palm plantation. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology.

Udom, B. E., & Omovbude, S. (2019). Soil physical properties and carbon/nitrogen relationships in stable aggregates under legume and grass fallow. Acta Ecologica Sinica. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chnaes.2018.05.008

Ukanwoko, A. I., & Igwe, N. C. (2012). Proximate Composition of Some Grass and Legume Silages Prepared in a Humid Tropical Environment. International Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Soil Science.