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Panicum maximum

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	19	30	6	35	Soil texture	medium, organic	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1000	1800	650	4300	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	18	16	27	29	Soil Al. tox	low (6-15% of CEC)	medium (16-25% of CEC
Altitude	---	---	-	2500	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	7	3.5	8.4	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	light shade	cloudy skies	heavy shade	very bright

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-2	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	70	150
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	alley cropping	coconut	low	medium
	phase planting	Chloris gayana, Centrosema pubescens, Pueraria phaseoloides, Macroptilium atropurpureum, Neonotonia wightii, Stylosanthes guianensis, Stylosanthes capitata, Stylosanthes macrocephala, Leucaena leucocephala, Clitoria ternatea, Desmanthus leptophyllus, Desmanthus virgatus, Medicago sativa, Desmodium sp., Melinis minutiflora	low	low

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
fuels	alcohol	bark
fuels	petroleum substitutes/alcohol	bark