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Macroptilium atropurpureum

Description
Life form	herb, vine	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect	Category	forage/pasture, cover crop, 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	deep (>>150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	21	32	13	36	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	650	1800	200	2800	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	22	30	Soil Al. tox	low (6-15% of CEC)	medium (16-25% of CEC
Altitude	---	---	-	2900	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7.5	4.5	8.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	light shade

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-8	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	fire, drought	Abiotic suscept.	flooding
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	90	365
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	phase planting	Chloris gayana, Cenchrus ciliaris, Panicum maximum, Setaria sphacelata, Chamaecrista rotundifolia, Desmodium intortum, Macrotyloma axillare, Neonotonia wightii, Stylosanthes guianensis, Stylosanthes hamata, Stylosanthes scabra, Stylosanthes seabrana	low	low

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
environmental	revegetation	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	cover crop	entire plant