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Pennisetum purpureum

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale, grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	21	40	15	45	Soil texture	medium	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1500	2500	850	4000	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	-	-	30	40	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	high (>10 dS/m))
Soil PH	5	6.5	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), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-1	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.	fire	Abiotic suscept.	flooding
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	120	210
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	sole cropping		low	low
	phase planting	Pueraria phaseoloides, Neonotonia wightii, Centrosema molle, Leucaena leucocephala	low	low

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
material	fibres	bark
fuels	non-wood fuel	bark
environmental	living fence	entire plant
environmental	windbreak	entire plant