Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCrotalaria juncea
Description | |||
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Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, materials, medicinals & aromatic, cover crop, environmental |
Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
Ecology | |||||||
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Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
Temperat. requir. | 20 | 30 | 4 | 40 | Soil texture | medium | medium, light |
Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 1500 | 200 | 4300 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
Latitude | 17 | 17 | 30 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8.4 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
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) |
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Killing temp. during rest | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
Introduction risks. |
Cultivation | ||||
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Min | Max | |||
Product. system | Crop cycle | 60 | 160 | |
Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
inter-cropping | tobacco, vegetables, dry grains, rice, maize, cotton, sugarcane, pineapples, coffee, orchard crops |
Uses | ||
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Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
material | fibres | bark |
animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
environmental | manure/fertilizer | entire plant |
environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |
environmental | cover crop | entire plant |
medicinal | blood system applications | seeds |
poison | mammals | seeds |