Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortMucuna pruriens var utilis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | forage/pasture, medicinals & aromatic, cover crop |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 30 | 10 | 35 | Soil texture | medium, light | wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1200 | 1500 | 1000 | 3000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2100 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | not sensitive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | flooding | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | sugar cane, maize, coconut | |||
| alley cropping | maize, millet | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | seeds |
| material | other material/chemicals | seeds |