Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortDesmodium triflorum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | forage/pasture, cover crop |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 18 | 28 | 14 | 32 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, wide | heavy, medium, light, wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 4000 | 1200 | 5000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 30 | 32 | Soil Al. tox | medium (16-25% of CEC | high (<5% of CEC) |
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | light shade | very bright | heavy shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | grazing/browsing | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Paspalum notatum, Axonopus sp., Cynodon sp., Bothriochloa pertusa, Ischaemum timorense, Alysicarpus vaginalis, Desmodium heterophyllum | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| environmental | cover crop | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |