Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortSesbania rostrata
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 30 | 10 | 35 | Soil texture | heavy | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 3500 | 600 | 5000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 25 | 32 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), 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) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual), large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 60 | 90 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| fallow | oryza sativa | low | low | |
| phase planting | grasses | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | entire plant |