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Melinis minutiflora

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, environmental
Life span	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	30	8	36	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	900	1700	700	2700	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	16	16	30	30	Soil Al. tox	low (6-15% of CEC)	high (<5% of CEC)
Altitude	---	---	-	2200	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	7.5	4.3	8.4	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	light shade	very bright	light shade

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-5	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.	flooding
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	120	210
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	phase planting	Chloris gayana, Setaria sphacelata, Centrosema pubescens, Desmodium intortum, Desmodium uncinatum, Macroptilium atropurpureum, Neonotonia wightii, Pueraria phaseoloides, Stylosanthes guianensis, Vigna parkeri	low	low

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
material	essential oils	leaves
poison	insects	leaves
environmental	pioneer	entire plant