Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortVigna umbellata
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, vine | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect, climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | pulses (grain legumes), forage/pasture, vegetables, cover crop, environmental |
| Life span | annual, 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. | 18 | 30 | 10 | 40 | Soil texture | medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 1500 | 300 | 2000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 25 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden, small scale (manual), intermediate (animal drawn) | Crop cycle | 40 | 130 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | protein | fruits |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| 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 |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |
| environmental | revegetation | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | entire plant |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |
| environmental | cover crop | entire plant |