List of Where To Buy Velvet Beans In South Africa 2024-2025
Velvet beans are legumes that have deep purple bean pods. Their plants are long climbing wines and have purplish flowers with hairy pods.
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It took us years to eventually get good velvet bean seeds to grow but we are really glad that we can now offer these to South African Gardeners. Velvet beans are known by a number of names such as Buffalo Bean and most notably Mucuna Pruriens.
Velvet beans has a very long list of health benefits and is used very prominently in Ayurveda medicine.
The plants of Mucuna Pruriens gets really big. You require a very strong trellis and space seeds at least a meter and a half apart. Massive seed pod clusters form the most beautiful flowers.
The fine hairs on the pods must be avoided at all cost. If it touches you it will cause an itch all over your body and the hairs must under no circumstances be consumed. Wait until seed pods is completely dry and all hairs fell off before harvesting.
Below are Where To Buy Velvet Beans In South Africa
Woolworths Edgemead
Phone: 021 559 9700
Woolworths Rondebosch
Phone: 021 658 8100
Woolworths The Sanctuary
Phone: 021 840 4400
Woolworths Laguna Mall
Phone: 022 707 4140
What is another name for velvet beans?
Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume native to Africa and tropical Asia and is widely naturalized and cultivated. Its English common names include monkey tamarind, velvet bean, Bengal velvet bean, Florida velvet bean, Mauritius velvet bean, Yokohama velvet bean, cowage, cowitch, lacuna bean, and Lyon bean.
What are velvet beans good for?
Ancient Ayurveda uses velvet beans as a medicine that helps treat anxiety, depression, dysentery, snake bites, and infertility.
Furthermore, velvet bean extracts also help treat cough, diabetes, and cancer.
Are velvet beans poisonous?
Velvet shelling beans are TOXIC if not prepared properly. Soak the whole pods overnight prior to cooking, then strain and boil in freshwater.
Does velvet bean raise blood pressure?
Studies by Herrera-Chalé et al. suggested that the Velvet bean’s bioactive peptides can lower cholesterol levels and also have a blood-thinning (anticoagulant) effect. Additionally, the plant’s antioxidant bioactive compounds may also lower blood pressure.