Cyamopsis

• Guar gum, from seeds of a shrub in the bean family Cyamopsis tetragonobola

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

• Guar gum, from seeds of a shrub in the bean family Cyamopsis tetragonobola

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Cyamopsis tetragonoloha (cluster bean) 110-165 days growth period sun-loving, intolerant of shade drought-tolerant; cannot stand waterlogging grows on a wide range of soils provided they are welldrained and not acidic

Chapter 4 1993

Mungbean (Vigna radiata), moth bean (Phaseolus acontifolius) and clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), grown over three successive years under low and variable rainfall on loamy sand soils of arid western Rajasthan, did not reveal any marked effect of phosphate application (0, 20, 40, 60 and 80 kg P2O5ha-1) on the consumptive use of moisture.

1. Soil constraints on sustainable plant production in the tropics. 1992

Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, which is an annual leguminous plant that originated in India.

News 2011

In India it is often grown mixed with other crops, such as arecanuts (Areca catechu), ginger (Zingiber officinale), methi (Trigonella foenum-graecum), cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) and bananas (Musa sp.).

Chapter 16 1987