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Justicia adhatoda

Description
Life form	shrub	Physiology	evergreen, multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	materials, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental, weed
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	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.	20	27	12	32	Soil texture	medium	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	700	1700	500	4200	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	25	25	35	35	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1300	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6.5	7.5	5.5	7.8	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	light shade

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-1	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	210	365
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
material	dye/tannin	leaves
fuels	fuelwood	bark
fuels	charcoal	bark
poison	fish	leaves
poison	bacteria	leaves
poison	fungi	leaves
poison	insects	leaves
medicinal		leaves
medicinal		flowers
medicinal		seeds
medicinal		roots
environmental	revegetation	entire plant
environmental	agroforestry	entire plant