07-26-2013, 11:52 AM
I meant pigeon pea but perenial peanut is a great groundcover that performs much the same function!
About Pigeon Peas:
"While today in Hawaii we think of pigeon peas as a valuable cover crop or alley crop, through- out the tropics it is also grown for food (dry or green seeds), feed (seed, leaves and young branches), firewood, medicine, fencing, roofing, shade, and to make baskets (Shanower et al., 1999; Upadhyaya et al., 2006). Globally over a billion people in 82 countries rely on pigeon peas as a main source of protein, and it is grown as a cash crop by small farmers in Africa, India, and the Caribbean. In India alone, pigeon peas are grown in about 4 million hectares (ca 8 mn acres)."
Source:
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/ne...ajanus.pdf
About Pigeon Peas:
"While today in Hawaii we think of pigeon peas as a valuable cover crop or alley crop, through- out the tropics it is also grown for food (dry or green seeds), feed (seed, leaves and young branches), firewood, medicine, fencing, roofing, shade, and to make baskets (Shanower et al., 1999; Upadhyaya et al., 2006). Globally over a billion people in 82 countries rely on pigeon peas as a main source of protein, and it is grown as a cash crop by small farmers in Africa, India, and the Caribbean. In India alone, pigeon peas are grown in about 4 million hectares (ca 8 mn acres)."
Source:
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/ne...ajanus.pdf