General Information

  • Category- Vegetable, Salad
  • Binomial Name-  Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
  • Common Names- Gavar, Gawar, Guvar bean, Gawar fali
  • Spread- 24 inches**
  • Height- 30-48 inches**
  • Average Production- 60–250 grams per plant
  • Days to Maturity- 60-90 days

Nutrition Values:

  • Calories: 33
  • Water: 82%
  • Protein: 4 grams
  • Carbohydrates: 10 grams
  • Fiber: 2.5 grams
  • Fat: 1 grams

Vitamins

  • Vitamin A- 330 IU
  • Vitamin C- 50 mg

Minerals

  • Calcium- 100 mg
  • Iron- 6 mg
  • Phosphorous- 250 mg

Environmental Requirements:

  • Soil- Well-drained, sandy loam and loamy soil
  • Soil Moisture- 20%
  • Soil pH- 7.0-8.5
  • Sun Requirements- Full Sun
  • Best Time to Plant- Spring, Summer (March, April, May, June)
  • Temperature range- 18-30 Celsius

Tips to Grow Cluster Beans:

  1. Arrange good quality of cluster beans seeds.
  2. The soil should be loamy and well-drained in nature, neither too wet nor too dry. 
  3. Directly sow seeds 1 inches deep in the soil. Germination takes place in 6-8 days. Sow 2 seeds in a each pot.
  4. Before planting seeds, add organic manure of good quality to soil with a ratio of 2: 1. Organic manure can be well-dug dung manure, farm manure, or vermicompost
  5. After 60-90 days of sowing, you can start harvesting raw Gwar fali. Harvest season may continue for the next two to three months.

** The values are standard values but might change a bit.

Vegetables, Salad