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Paspalum notatum

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect	Category	forage/pasture, ornamentals/turf, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale, grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	18	30	5	36	Soil texture	light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	900	2100	750	2500	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	-	-	30	35	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	6.2	4.3	8.3	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	cloudy skies	light shade	very bright	heavy shade

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry winter (Cw)	Photoperiod	long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-10	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	drought, flooding, grazing/browsing, trampling	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	small scale (manual), large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	150	270
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	fallow	Lycopersicon esculentum, Arachis hypogaea	low	low
	phase planting	Paspalum nicorae, Axonopus fissifolius, Aeschynomene americana, Arachis glabrata, Arachis pintoi, Trifolium repens, Trifolium semipilosum, Vigna parkeri; Aeschynomene falcata, Lotononis bainesii, Stylosanthes guianensis var. intermedia	low	low

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant