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Survives zone 4 through 9
Sweet pulp inside the long pods, chewed or used to flavour drinks; the hard seeds are not eaten. Sweet pod pulp; nitrogen-fixing.
- Hardiness
- Zone 4 to 9
- Habit
- Tree
- Edible part
- Seed, Fruit
- Ripens
- Autumn
- Mature size
- Large tree 20–30 m — not containerable
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 6.0–7.5 (nitrogen-fixing; tolerates poor soil)
- Environment
- Temperate
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 3–5 yrs
- Pollination
- Polygamo-dioecious — plant more than one tree for reliable pods; insect-pollinated