Sauma produces many spreading branches which are capable of growing taller than 2 m in a December sowing. The stems are woody and green in colour; the leaves are dark green and its flowers are bright-yellow and the pods are green. Its seeds are large (15g per 100 seeds) oval shaped and white in colour with white hilum. It has a yield potential of 2,500kg per hectare
Sauma amatulutsa mthambi zambiri zotayana zomwe zilu ndi kuthekera kotalika kupyola 2m zikzagetsedwa mu mwezi wa December. Tsinde lake ndi la thabwa komanso lobiliwira; masamba ake ndi obiliwira mozama ndipo maluwa ake ndi achikasu chowala ndipo ndolo zake ndi zobiliwira. Mbewu zake ndi zazikulu kulemera magalamu 15 pa mbewu 100 zirizonse, zobulungira komanso zoyera panchombo pake. Zokolola zimafika makilogalamu 2,500 pa hectare