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Clitoria ternatea

Description
Life form	vine, shrub	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	climber/scrambler/scadent	Category	forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, cover crop
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	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.	19	28	15	32	Soil texture	medium	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1200	1800	400	4300	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	-	-	20	26	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1800	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6.5	7.5	4.5	9	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry winter (Cw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-2	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	50	365
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	fruits
food & beverage	minerals	fruits
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
material	dye/tannin	seeds
material	dye/tannin	stems
medicinal		seeds
medicinal		roots
environmental	cover crop	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant