Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortVigna angularis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, vine, sub-shrub | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect, climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | pulses (grain legumes), forage/pasture, medicinals & aromatic, environmental |
| Life span | annual | 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) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 30 | 5 | 36 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 900 | 1300 | 530 | 1800 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | 40 | 35 | 45 | 48 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | intermediate (animal drawn), large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 60 | 190 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| ratoon cropping | wheat, barley | 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 | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| medicinal | seeds | |
| material | cosmetics & perfumery | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | entire plant |