Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortMacrotyloma uniflorum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect, climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | pulses (grain legumes), forage/pasture, medicinals & aromatic, environmental |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 28 | 17 | 35 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 1200 | 300 | 4300 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 26 | 28 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1800 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 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 summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | fire, flooding |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 40 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| sole cropping | low | low | ||
| sole cropping | low | low | ||
| inter-cropping | sorghum, maize, niger seed, cotton, eleusine millet, lentils | low | medium | |
| ratoon cropping | rice, sesame | low | medium | |
| phase planting | Heteropogon contortus, Panicum maximum, Macroptilium atropurpureum, Stylosanthes scabra | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | protein | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| medicinal | blood system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | seeds |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |
| environmental | pioneer | entire plant |