Characteristics
A vine that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 4 m high. The stem is slender and green. It is twining. The leaves are bright green and divided into leaflets. There are 5-7 oval leaflets that taper to the end. The underground tuber is 17.5 cm across. The flowers are greenish-white and pea shaped.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
climber
|
| Foliage retention |
-
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
0.18
|
| Mature height (meter) |
3.0
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
It is a temperate plant. It needs a moist humus-rich soil. It needs a sheltered partly shaded position. It is resistant to frost but damaged by drought. It suits hardiness zone 6.
| Light |
|
| Soil humidity |
|
| Soil texture |
|
| Soil acidity |
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
| Uses |
-
|
| Edible
|
pods
roots
tubers
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
|
| Human toxicity |
-
|
| Animal toxicity |
-
|
Cultivation
It can be grown from seed. The seed need cold treatment.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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