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Velvet Beans( Mucuna) is an important Green Manure which can be cultivated in Arecanut. It can be grown as cover croo also. The seeds of Velvet beans are soaked in water and then sown at the base of Arecanut plant. It fixes the atmospheric Nitrogen and Helps to increase the soil fertility.. The green foliage obtained is very rich in Nitrogen. It prevents the growth of other weeds like Parthenium. The seed rate is 5 kg per acre. it comes well in rainy season. It is good medicinal plant also. it is used against treatment in Parkinson disease.