List Of Legumes In Kenya
A legume refers to any plant from the Fabaceae family that would include its leaves, stems, and pods
In this article Keweb.co tries to answer the question by publishing the full list of Legumes in Kenya
Below are the full List of Legumes In Kenya
Green leaf desmodium (Desmodium intortum)
Silver leaf desmodium (Desmodiumuncinatum)
Glycine (Glycinejavanica)
Lucerne or Alfalfa (Medicagosativa)
Stylo (Stylosanthesgracilis)
White clover (Trifoliumspp)
Sesbania ( grandifloraand S
Common vetch (Viciasativa)
What types of legumes are grown in Kenya?
In Kenya, the main grain legumes grown by smallholder farmers for both subsistence and commercial purposes are common beans, cowpeas, soybeans, groundnuts, lablab and others.
What are the traditional crops in Kenya?
While some of them such as arrow roots and yams are produced, traded, and consumed locally, others—like sorghum, millet, sweet potatoes, cowpeas, pigeon peas, and sweet potatoes—are consumed and traded in distant areas, especially urban places (Kenya MoA).
What beans are grown in Kenya?
Varieties of beans grown in Kenya
- Rosecoco beans Kenya.
- Mwezi moja beans.
- Chelalang beans.
- Mwitemania beans.
- Yellow beans.