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Melilotus officinalis

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, medicinals & aromatic
Life span	annual, biennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale, harvested from wild

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	12	24	5	28	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light, organic	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	450	800	300	1600	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	-	-	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	4000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	5	8.5	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	cloudy skies

Climate zone	steppe or semiarid (Bs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw), boreal (E)	Photoperiod	long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-5	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	100	210
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
material	aromatics	flowers
medicinal	respiratory applications	flowers
medicinal	nervous system applications	flowers
medicinal	immune system applications	flowers
medicinal	digestive system applications	flowers