Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortVigna unguiculata
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | pulses (grain legumes), forage/pasture, vegetables, environmental |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 25 | 35 | 15 | 40 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light, wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 1500 | 300 | 4100 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 30 | 40 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7.5 | 4 | 8.8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | fire, flooding |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual), large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 30 | 240 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| ratoon cropping | stable cereal, tuber crops | medium | medium | |
| inter-cropping | maize, cassava, yam | medium | medium | |
| inter-cropping | millet, sorghum, groundnut | medium | medium | |
| sole cropping | ||||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | protein | fruits |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seedlings |
| food & beverage | minerals | seedlings |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | entire plant |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | entire plant |