Cowpea
Pods, beans and green manure from one undemanding monsoon plant.
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Regions: South India
French Bean
Bush beans for winter troughs; pole kinds for a balcony net.
Field Bean
The winter sem of the plains, purple-flowered and heavy-cropping on a fence.
Winged Bean
A four-angled pod from the north-east and the coasts — every part is edible.
Pigeon Pea
A shrubby pulse that stands two years, fixes nitrogen and shelters small birds.
Black Gram
A short monsoon pulse, sown between crops as much as for the dal.
Green Gram
Sixty days from sowing to dal, and sproutable on a kitchen shelf.
Horse Gram
The hardiest pulse of the dry deccan, grown where rain is unreliable.
Sesame
Upright, bell-flowered and ancient; the oilseed of the dry season.
Finger Millet
A tough small-grained millet of the southern and Himalayan hills.