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Lotus corniculatus

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	erect, prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect	Category	forage/pasture, medicinals & aromatic
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.	15	25	3	30	Soil texture	heavy, medium	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	600	1000	350	1900	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	42	40	58	60	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2400	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	4.5	8.2	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	cloudy skies	very bright	light shade

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw), boreal (E)	Photoperiod	neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-6	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	flooding	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	90	270
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	soil improvers	entire plant
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
medicinal	nervous system applications	flowers
medicinal	blood system applications	flowers
medicinal	immune system applications	flowers