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Vigna parkeri sp. maranguensis

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect, climber/scrambler/scadent	Category	forage/pasture, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	17	21	12	28	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light, wide
Rainfall (annual)	1500	2500	1000	3000	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	10	-	35	40	Soil Al. tox	low (6-15% of CEC)	medium (16-25% of CEC
Altitude	---	---	-	2700	Soil salinity
Soil PH	5	6	4	7	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year), 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), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf)	Photoperiod
Killing temp. during rest	-5	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	grazing/browsing, trampling	Abiotic suscept.	drought
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	90	180
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	phase planting	Axonopus fissifolius, Chloris gayana, Digitaria eriantha, Paspalum dilatatum, Paspalum. mandiocanum, Paspalum notatum, Pennisetum clandestinum, Setaria sphacelata var. anceps, Desmodium heterocarpon sp. heterocarpon, Desmodium intortum, Lotus uliginosus, Trifolium repens, Trifolium semipilosum	low	low

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	protein	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant