Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCentrosema brasilianum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect, prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect, climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | forage/pasture |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 22 | 30 | 16 | 36 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 2000 | 370 | 2900 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 12 | 23 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 50 | 800 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 4.5 | 6 | 4.1 | 6.3 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | fire, drought, grazing/browsing | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Setaria sphacelata, Andropogon gayanus, Panicum maximum, Hyparrhenia rufa, Brachiaria sp. | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |