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Macroptilium lathyroides

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	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	shallow (20-50 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	25	30	15	35	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	800	2000	400	3500	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	25	30	Soil Al. tox	low (6-15% of CEC)	low (6-15% of CEC)
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	4.5	8	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year), 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	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry winter (Cw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-7	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	flooding	Abiotic suscept.	trampling
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	90	180
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	phase planting	Chloris gayana, Dichanthium aristatum, Panicum maximum cv. Petrie, Paspalum atratum, Paspalum dilatatum, Paspalum plicatulum, Setaria sphacelata, Brachiaria mutica, Aeschynomene americana, Desmodium heterocarpon cv. Florida, Trifolium repens	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	cover crop	entire plant
environmental	manure/fertilizer	entire plant
environmental	nitrogen fixation	roots