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Pueraria lobata

Description
Life form	herb, vine	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	climber/scrambler/scadent	Category	roots/tubers, forage/pasture, ornamentals/turf, environmental, weed
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	18	28	9	32	Soil texture	heavy, medium	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1200	1400	950	2200	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	-	-	-	-	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	-	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	6.5	5	7.1	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	clear skies

Climate zone	subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-6	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	small scale (manual)	Crop cycle	240	270
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	starch	roots
food & beverage	vitamins	roots
food & beverage	minerals	roots
animal food (feed)	vitamins	leaves
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	soil improvers	entire plant
environmental	cover crop	entire plant
environmental	manure/fertilizer	entire plant