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Tephrosia vogelii

Description
Life form	herb, sub-shrub	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	materials, ornamentals/turf, cover crop, environmental
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.	20	28	10	32	Soil texture	light	medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1300	1500	870	2700	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	-	-	15	20	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2100	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	6.5	4.5	7	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-1	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	poisonous to man or animals

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	180	365
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	sole cropping		medium	medium

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
poison	mammals	entire plant
poison	fish	entire plant
poison	molluscs	entire plant
poison	insects	entire plant
environmental	shade & shelter	entire plant
environmental	manure/fertilizer	leaves
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant
environmental	cover crop	entire plant
medicinal	digestive system applications	leaves
medicinal	skin applications	leaves
medicinal	digestive system applications	roots
environmental	living fence	entire plant
environmental	nitrogen fixation	roots