Sunn Hemp

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Sunn hemp
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Tribe: Crotalarieae Genus: Crotalaria Species: C. juncea
Binomial name
Crotalaria juncea L.

Sunn, also known as sunn hemp, is a tropical Asian plant (Crotalaria juncea L.) of the legume family (Fabaceae). Grown as a source of green manure, fodder and the lignified fiber obtained from its stem, it bears yellow flowers and elongate, alternate leaves.

Sunn Hemp is also being looked at as a possible bio-fuel.^{[citation needed]}