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Pueraria phaseoloides

Description
Life form	herb, vine	Physiology	single stem
Habit	climber/scrambler/scadent	Category	roots/tubers, forage/pasture, materials, 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	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	15	30	12	35	Soil texture	medium	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1200	3200	850	4300	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	-	-	18	23	Soil Al. tox	low (6-15% of CEC)	high (<5% of CEC)
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	4.5	6.5	3.5	8	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)
Light intensity	cloudy skies	clear skies	light shade	very bright

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-2	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.	fire, drought
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	small scale (manual), large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	240	365
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	phase planting	Andropogon gayanus, Melinis minutiflora, Panicum maximum, Pennisetum purpureum, Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk	low	low

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
animal food (feed)	protein	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	soil improvers	entire plant
food & beverage		roots
material	fibres