Red bean is a tree, red bean tree, also known as the pear tree, is a legume, red bean plants, distributed in China's central subtropical and north of the region, due to the high economic value of this species, the acquisition of the department of the more, the felling of the people is also very much, resulting in its number, planting range is becoming smaller, the adult tree is increasingly scarce.

Red bean look characteristics

Red bean tree is a dicotyledonous plant class, legume family, red bean plants, also known as the Exi red bean, He's red bean, Jiangyin red bean, because of the seeds of the skin color bright red and so named, is evergreen or deciduous trees, tree height is generally in more than 20 meters, during the juvenile period of the tree's bark is still gray-green, there is a grayish-white lenticels, the old age of the tree bark gray-brown.

Rhododendron is an erect annual herb, the stem is covered with more obvious long stiff hairs, the leaves are alternate, the apical leaf blade is ovate, 5-10cm long, 2-5cm wide, the lateral leaf blade is oblique, covered with sparse white pilose hairs on both surfaces, the bracts are ovate in shape in the stipes, and the calyx is 5-lobed.

Where to grow red beans

Red beans are suitable for the following growing environment:

Soil: red beans are suitable for growth at an altitude of 350 meters below sea level, the soil is deep, moist and loose, better drainage, high organic matter content of the soil or sandy loam is the best.

Fertilizer: 10 days before planting to put enough basal fertilizer, you can apply compound fertilizer or phosphate fertilizer, nutrient soil can be used yellow heart soil, fire soil, organic fertilizer, calcium superphosphate or calcium magnesium phosphorus stirred.

Red bean planting area distribution is very wide, in the north and south are planted, the Americas and Africa's Congo, Uganda also have introduced planting.

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