Description
White edamame (scientific name: Tephrosia candida DC.) is a plant of the genus Leguminosae, shrub-like herb, with a height of 1-3.5 meters. Stems are lignified, with longitudinal edges. The pinnate compound leaves are 15-25 cm long; the petioles are 1-3 cm long, with furrows on the leaf shafts. The raceme is terminal or lateral, 15-20 cm long, scattered and multi-flowered, the lower axillary inflorescence is short, with 10-15 seeds; the seeds are olive green, variegated, smooth, elliptical, and the hilum is slightly offset. , The species is ring-shaped, obvious. Flowering period is October-November, fruiting period is December.
It is native to eastern India and the Malay Peninsula. It is planted in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan of China. Yi was born in grassland, wilderness, and hillside. It has strong sex, likes light, likes high temperature and humid environment, is resistant to barrenness, and has no strict requirements on the soil. The suitable temperature for growth is 16-30℃. [2]
Edamame is an excellent green manure plant with good soil improvement effects; seeds are high-quality feeds. The crushed leaves are used as compound feed for pigs. The trunk can be made into small farm tools and used as vegetable trellises, which bloom in autumn and winter. It is an ideal nectar plant. The fuel performance of its dry wood and branch wood is better, and its calorific value is equivalent to that of lignite. This species has a large amount of flowers, white flowers, very simple and elegant, extremely resistant, coarse, and can be planted in clusters on roadsides, hillsides, and forest edges. It is also commonly used for highway and railway slope protection.
