Moringa Oleifera Seed (PKM 1)

Suitable for leaf harvesting. It is a pure line selection developed by continuous selfing for six generatio ns, collected from Eppothumvendran of Tirunelveli region. In each generation, only long pods and desirable characters are selected and advanced. It was released in the year 1989. The fruits are fleshy and tasty.

It comes to flowering within 7–8 months of sowing and comes to harvest in 7–8 months. The plants grow to a height of 4–6 m in a year and produce 6–12 primary branches. The pinnate leaves are about 40 cm long with small leaflets which are dark green on the upper side and pale green on the lower side. Though the flowers are in clusters of 25–150/cluster, only one pod develops usually and rarely 2–4 develop per cluster.
The pods are 75 cm long with a girth of 6.3 cm and weigh 150 g with 70% flesh. The pods attain edible maturity 65 days after flowering.
The leaves can be used as a nutritive green.
From 1 ha super sensitive leaf plantation around 30 tons of quality leaves can be produced per year per ha

• Annual Moringa PKM-1: 1989
• Pure line selection from seed
• Propagated through seeds
• Harvest in 7–8 months
• Pods are 75 cm long
• Individual fruit weight 150 g
• 218 pods/tree
• Yield Seeds: < 1 ton per ha per year
• Suitable for leaf Production in high-density cultivation
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