Crops
Sword bean
(Canavalia gladiata - Canavalia ensiformis)
- Type of vegetable : fruit and seeds
- Optimum growth pH range: 4.5-6.5
- Optimum growth temperature range : 20-30°C
- Organic matter requirements : very undemanding plant
- Rooting : deep
- Special requirements : Plant resistant to drought but tolerates hygromorphic soils, it also tolerates salinity.
- Seed characteristics
- Number of seeds per Kg : 650
- Nursery : No
- Sowing depth : 5 - 8 cm
- Line spacing : 75 - 90 cm
- Interplant : 45 - 60 cm
- Remarks : To be grown as an annual to limit phytosanitary problems
- Seed germination time
| 5°C | 10°C | 15°C | 20°C | 25°C | 30°C |
| 3 days | |||||
- Duration of the crop cycle under optimal growing conditions
|
From sowing to harvest |
| 3 to 4 months before the pods become fibrous |
- Optimal storage conditions
| Temperatures | Relative humidity | Average shelf life |
| NC | NC | NC |