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Prosopis cineraria

Description
Life form	tree	Physiology	deciduous, single stem, C3 photosynthesis
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, forest/wood, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	28	45	6	50	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	400	800	100	900	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	10	10	30	30	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	600	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6.5	8.5	5.5	9.8	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), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-6	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	wind, drought	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	70	210
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	vitamins	leaves
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
animal food (feed)	vitamins	fruits
animal food (feed)	minerals	fruits
animal food (feed)	vitamins	bulbs
animal food (feed)	minerals	bulbs
material	honey	flowers
material	timber wood	bark
fuels	fuelwood	bark
fuels	charcoal	bark
medicinal
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant
environmental	nitrogen fixation	roots