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Cyamopsis tetragonoloba

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Home Perennial Cyamopsis tetragonoloba

Not known in a wild state.

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Family: Fabaceae
Height: 2 m / 7 ft
Sun
Light, Medium Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 3 of 5
Other Uses: 3 of 5

Native Habitat

Guar, Cluster Bean Cyamopsis tetragonoloba native habitat is Not known in a wild state.

Edible Uses

Leaves - cooked as a vegetable. Seed - cooked. Rich in protein. The seeds can also be sprouted and eaten. The seeds are about 5mm long. Seedpods - cooked. The unripe seedpods are eaten in curries, fried, salted, or dried for later use. The pods are 4 - 10cm long. Unripe pods need to be thoroughly cooked in order to destroy a toxic principle. Only traces of this toxin remain in mature pods. The seeds are used to make guar gum, which is much used by food manufacturers as a stabilizer and thickener in ice creams, bakery goods, gluten-free foods etc.

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