Cover Crop Seeds | Calopogonium mucunoides (CM)
Source Calopogonium mucunoides (CM) seeds from Malaysia trusted supplier since 2003. Fast-establishing nitrogen-fixing cover crop for young plantations.
Quick Facts
PLANT CHARACTER
Trailing annual legume with creeping and twining growth. Establishes quickly, producing dense vegetative cover under rubber and coconut canopies. Adapts well to a range of tropical soil conditions.
USES
Nitrogen fixation, erosion control, soil cover, green manure, and weed suppression. Established as a basin legume in coconut systems, Calopogonium mucunoides contributes 27.21 kg of biomass and 186.5 g of nitrogen per basin (Thomas & Shantaram, 1993) — and alongside Pueraria javanica, can substitute up to 30% of nitrogen fertiliser requirements in adult coconut.
GROWTH HABIT
Rapid early establishment. Produces 10,773 kg of fresh biomass per hectare at 150 days in Philippine plantation trials. Decomposes at 95.61% within 3 months — making it one of the fastest nutrient-cycling cover crops available for tropical inter-row systems.
PLANTING TYPE & SEEDING RATE
Monoculture or mixture: 3–5 kg/ha
PLANTING METHOD
Direct sowing — broadcast or rows
DRY MATTER PRODUCTION
6–10 t/ha/year
NO. OF SEEDS/KG
~350,000 seeds
By the numbers
Data from institutional research in the Philippines and peer-reviewed coconut nutrition studies.
All statistics from institutional and peer-reviewed sources. View Thomas & Shantaram coconut basin study →
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