A New Winged Bean〔Psophocarpus tetragonolobus（L.）DC. 〕Cultivar —‘Xianglengdou No.3’
QUAN Miao-hua，CHEN Dong-ming*，JIANG Xiang-hui
Department of Life Science，Huaihua College，Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Study and Utilization of Ethnic Medicinal Plant Resources，Key Laboratory of Hunan Higher Education for Xiangxi Medicinal Plant and Ethno-botany，Huaihua 418008，Hunan，China
Abstract：‘Xianglengdou No.3’is a new winged bean cultivar selected from 6 mutant generations of‘Zhongyi No.1’by EMS and NaN3．The plant grows vigorously with many branches. It has good pod bearing ability．It is of early and middle maturing．Its pod has green skin and flat shape．The tender pod is not fibrosis．Its flesh is crispy and of good quality．The pod is about 20.8 cm in length，3.3 cm in width，1.6 cm in thickness．It is suitable to be planted in late spring and early summer．The yield is generally about 14.85 t?hm-2．
