Mucuna pasture seeds

Velvet bean–Mucuna pruriens var utilis, also known as mucuna—is a twining annual leguminous vine common to most parts of the tropics. Its growth is restricted to the wet-season as it dies at the onset of the cold season. It has large trifoliate leaves (i.e. has three leaflets) and very long vigorous twining stems that can extend over two–three metres depending on growth conditions. When planted at the beginning of the growing season, flowers normally form at the end of March/early April. These flowers are deep purple and appear underneath the foliage. Seeds are large, ovoid shaped (±10mm long) and of different colours, ranging from white, grey, brown to black and mottled. Sow the mucuna in a clean seed bed with two seeds per hole spaced at 60 cm (2 feet) x 75 cm (3 feet). The mucuna will need to be weeded once before it can effectively compete with weeds.