Subabul is cultivated widely in the tropics as a fodder plant, especially on dry waste lands. It produces white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods.
Subabul leaves are fed to animals as green fodder
Seed specifications:
Common Name : vagai
Flowering Season :Oct-Nov
Fruiting Season ; Nov-Dec
No. of Seeds per kg : 17000
Germination Capacity :40%
Time Taken for Initial Germination: 6 days
Time Taken for Germination Capacity : 25days
Germinative Energy : 130%
Plant Percentage : 35%
Purity Percentage : 100%
Moisture Percentage : 8%
No. of Seedling Per Kg : 5100
Pretreatments recommended :
Soak seeds in cow dung slurry for 24 hrs. before sowing