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Vigna oblongifolia

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect, climber/scrambler/scadent	Category	forage/pasture, environmental
Life span	annual, perennial	Plant attributes	harvested from wild

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	17	23	13	30	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light, wide	heavy, medium, light, wide
Rainfall (annual)	500	1000	350	1200	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	5	-	25	29	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	300	1900	Soil salinity
Soil PH	6	7.5	5.2	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), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.	flooding	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	0	0
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	phase planting	Axonopus fissifolius, Chloris gayana, Digitaria eriantha, Paspalum atratum, Paspalum dilatatum, Setaria sphacelata. Aeschynomene americana, Aeschynomene villosa, Arachis pintoi, Desmodium heterocarpon sp. heterocarpon, Macroptilium lathyroides, Vigna parkeri	low	low

(at most All5102550100)

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