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Trifolium semipilosum

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect	Category	forage/pasture, cover crop
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale, harvested from wild

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	16	27	5	32	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	600	1500	300	2000	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	-	-	25	31	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	3200	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	6.5	4	8	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	cloudy skies	clear skies	cloudy skies	very bright

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-1	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	drought, grazing/browsing, trampling	Abiotic suscept.	flooding
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	120	240
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	phase planting	Axonopus fissifolius, Cynodon dactylon, Digitaria didactyla, Paspalum dilatatum, Paspalum notatum, Pennisetum clandestinum, Trifolium repens, Vigna parkeri	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