Crotolaria juncea - Sunn hemp

Sunn Hemp is a fast-growing annual plant with yellow flowers. It is used as a cover crop to improve soil health, suppress weeds, and add organic matter. Sunn Hemp is also used for its fiber and as green manure.

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Fibre¹

Type

• Plant
• Herb¹
• Annual

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer²
• Ground cover
• Green manure¹

Footnotes

1. Crotalaria juncea | Useful Tropical Plants ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

2. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 6-3 ↩