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Mucuna pruriens

Description
Life form	herb, sub-shrub	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect	Category	forage/pasture, vegetables, environmental
Life span	annual	Plant attributes

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	20	30	10	34	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1000	2000	400	3100	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	20	40	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2100	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	7	4	8	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	5	Killing temp. early growth	5
Abiotic toler.	drought	Abiotic suscept.	flooding
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	90	270
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	seeds
food & beverage	minerals	seeds
food & beverage	vitamins	fruits
food & beverage	minerals	fruits
food & beverage	vitamins	leaves
food & beverage	minerals	leaves
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
environmental	cover crop	entire plant
environmental	manure/fertilizer	entire plant