Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortVigna trilobata
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | forage/pasture, environmental |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 22 | 31 | 18 | 35 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light, wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 900 | 520 | 1440 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 5 | - | 25 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 700 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 7 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 9 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | fire, grazing/browsing | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual), large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 30 | 60 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Panicum coloratum, Panicum maximum, Setaria incrassata, Clitoria ternatea, Desmanthus sp., Stylosanthes seabrana | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | entire plant |