Iron & Clay African Pea

Iron & Clay African peas are a vigorous, heat-loving legume with deep roots in African and Southern agricultural history, long valued for their ability to produce food and fertility under harsh conditions. They thrive in poor, compacted, and dry soils, making them ideal for regenerative farms, orchards, and permaculture systems.

Traditionally grown for both human food and animal forage, the young leaves, green pods, and dried peas are all edible. In the field, they fix nitrogen, produce abundant biomass for mulch or chop-and-drop, and improve soil structure while tolerating intense heat where other legumes fail.

Reliable, resilient, and time-tested, Iron & Clay African peas are a multifunctional crop for building soil, feeding people and animals, and restoring land.

Vigna unguiculata