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Peltophorum pterocarpum

Description
Life form	tree	Physiology	deciduous
Habit	erect	Category	materials, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	27	36	10	40	Soil texture	medium, light	medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1200	1800	1000	4000	Soil fertility	low	low
Latitude	-	-	15	15	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1600	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	6.5	4.3	7.3	Soil drainage	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.	wind, flooding	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	180	240
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	protein	leaves
animal food (feed)	vitamins	leaves
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
non-vertebrate food	protein	leaves
non-vertebrate food	vitamins	leaves
non-vertebrate food	minerals	leaves
material	dye/tannin	stems
material	timber wood	bark
fuels	fuelwood	bark
medicinal		stems
environmental	shade & shelter	entire plant
environmental	revegetation	entire plant
environmental	windbreak	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant