seed catalog

Local name of variety:

Nyithin- Garang

Seed ID:

AWE-SG-01

Description:

Beige grain, black shell, softer seeds than other varieties.

Source:

Local to Onmdurman

Custodian:

Anyone

Years cultivated:

Aprox 200+ years

Uses:

Food and sales

Drought

Flood

Taste

High-Yield

Pest

Seasonality:

Planting between May and September
Plant in the middle of the start of the season as it does not grow very tall.

Notes:

Best taste: it is an important variety that visitors would get / one of the fave varieties. Mid-yield / cultivated in both high and low lands. A man called Garang planted this crop, he liked it so much he did not want to plant anything else ever again.

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