Rio Verde Lablab ::: Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton

	Forage Legume Breeding Project Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center P.O. Box 200 Overton, Texas 75684	Dr. Gerald R. Smith, Legume Breeder Dr. F. Monte Rouquette, Forage Physiologist email: GRSmith@ag.tamu.edu FRouquet@ag.tamu.edu phone: 903-834-6191
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'Rio Verde' Lablab
	Cultivar Description	Variation in seed color and pod shape in lablab germplasm. Rio Verde is shown in lower left.
	'Rio Verde' initiates flowering in late August (Aug. 25 at Overton, TX) with 50% bloom occurring about Sept. 1; the earliest mature seed are produced by Oct 15. In comparison, Rongai lablab is very late flowering and generally does not flower in central or northeast Texas before frost. 'Rio Verde' seed range in color from black to mottled black and brown, in contrast to Rongai seed which are a uniform pale brown with a prominent white hilum. 'Rio Verde' seed are smaller (3200 – 3400 seed per lb) than Rongai (1600 – 2000 per lb). 'Rio Verde' flowers are light lavender, fading to white as the flower matures, and Rongai flowers are white.


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