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Trifolium tembense

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

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	shallow (20-50 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	17	26	10	30	Soil texture	heavy, medium	heavy, medium
Rainfall (annual)	1000	1800	700	2000	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	10	13	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	1400	2300	Soil salinity
Soil PH	5	7	4	8	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)
Light intensity	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies	very bright

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-1	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	flooding	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	65	135
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	phase planting	Pennisetum clandestinum, Pennisetum schimperi, Cynodon dactylon, Trifolium steudneri, Trifolium rueppellianum, Trifolium decorum, Trifolium semipilosum, Trifolium usambarense	low	low

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	protein	entire plant