Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortIschaemum timorense
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect, prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | forage/pasture, cover crop, environmental, weed |
| 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 | 28 | 10 | 35 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 2000 | 700 | 3000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 20 | 24 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | flooding |
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 180 | 240 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Chrysopogon aciculatus, Alysicarpus vaginalis, Desmodium triflorum, Mimosa pudica, Stylosanthes humilis, Stylosanthes hamata | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | cover crop | entire plant |