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Caragana arborescens

Description
Life form	shrub, tree	Physiology	deciduous, single stem, multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	vegetables, medicinals & aromatic, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	harvested from wild

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	14	28	10	36	Soil texture	medium, light	medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	350	800	250	900	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	37	35	63	65	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1500	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6.5	8.5	6	9	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies	very bright

Climate zone	steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), boreal (E)	Photoperiod
Killing temp. during rest	-38	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.	drought	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	0	0
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	protein	seeds
food & beverage	lipids	seeds
food & beverage	vitamins	fruits
material	fibres	stems
material	dye/tannin	leaves
material	lipids/oil & fats	seeds
medicinal	genitourinary system applications	entire plant
medicinal	endocrine system applications	entire plant
environmental	living fence	entire plant
environmental	shade & shelter	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	nitrogen fixation	roots
environmental	soil improvers	entire plant