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Lupinus angustifolius

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	single stem
Habit	erect	Category	pulses (grain legumes), forage/pasture, medicinals & aromatic
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	12	18	4	26	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	400	1000	350	1700	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	-	-	-	-	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2500	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	7	4.9	8.2	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	cloudy skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-6	Killing temp. early growth	-6
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	100	180
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	inter-cropping	oat, other cereals, forage legumes

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	protein	entire plant
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
environmental	nitrogen fixation	roots
environmental	manure/fertilizer	entire plant
environmental	cover crop	entire plant
environmental	soil improvers	roots
material	honey	flowers
poison	mammals	entire plant