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Lotononis bainesii

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	deciduous, multi stem
Habit	prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect	Category	forage/pasture
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	14	32	8	35	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	750	1600	250	2500	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	20	-	34	45	Soil Al. tox	low (6-15% of CEC)	high (<5% of CEC)
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	6	4	8.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	light shade

Climate zone	desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-9	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	fire, grazing/browsing, trampling	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	120	180
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	phase planting	Chloris gayana, Digitaria eriantha, Heteropogon contortus, Paspalum dilatatum, Paspalum plicatulum, Setaria sphacelata, Aeschynomene falcata, Chamaecrista rotundifolia, Macroptilium atropurpureum, Stylosanthes guianensis var. intermedia	low	low

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
animal food (feed)	protein	entire plant