PSOPHOCAKPUS TETRAGONOLOBUS (POIS CARRE) I// 



The Pois carre, like all Leguminos^, is sown at the 

 beginning of the rains. It requires props for its best 

 development, and gives pods of more or less fine quality 

 according to the conditions of growth. These pods, quad- 

 rangular and winged, when cooked and eaten before maturity 

 make a delicate dish relished by all. 



Thev should be eaten when their development is half 

 completed, and may be used in place of peas with advantage. 

 They are usually picked when measuring 12 to 15 cm. Their 

 composition is appended : — 



Water 

 Ash 



Cellulose 

 Fat 



Sugars 

 Non-nitrogenous matter 

 Nitrogenous matter 



Nitrogen 



The husked seeds are also edible. Once dry they cook 

 with difficulty. The dry pods contain 50 per cent, of seeds 

 very rich in nitrogenous substances, which are almost entirely 

 digestible; protein nitrogen representing 96*4 per cent, of 

 the total nitroeen. 



Water 



Ash 



Cellulose 



Fat 



Sugars 



Non-nitrogenous matter 



Nitrogenous matter 



In another trial made at the Agronomic Station the pro- 

 portion of seeds per cent, of full pods was the same ; analyses 

 were made of the ash of both seeds and pods. 



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