Tylosema esculentum

Maramabohne ( Tylosema esculentum)

The Maramabohne ( Tylosema esculentum, synonym:. Bauhinia esculenta Burch ), also called Kletterbauhinie, a crop species of the legume family is ( Fabaceae ).

Use

In the Kalahari, the Maramabohne is eaten as a vegetable. You will also be roasted or ground into flour or her linolreiches oil is consumed. The tubers and seeds have a taste similar to that of the cashew nuts.

Description

The Maramabohne is perennial, has prostrate shoots, alternate between high bilobal up to 7 cm long and 12 cm wide leaves and Vielblütige grapes. The sweet smelling flowers are yellow and have red ovary. The marketing piece large hard-shelled brown seeds are enclosed in single wall sleeves. The plant is frost tolerant up to a temperature of -12 ° C. You survived the drought with almost head-sized, up to 14 kg, with plenty of water ( to 90 %), deep in the ground tubers. The seeds germinate in warm weather, especially after rainfall. They grow best at a pH of neutral to slightly acid reaction in sandy soils.

Ingredients

The seeds contain 30-39% protein ( with 5% lysine ), 36-43 % fat and about 24% carbohydrates.

Dissemination

The Maramabohne is native to the arid regions of southern Africa ( Kalahari, Namib Desert, Botswana ). It will also ( Francis & Campbell, 2003 ) as successfully cultivated in Perth, Australia, as in the U.S.. The species is recommended for domestication and cultivation will increase in the future.