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Dodonaea viscosa

Description
Life form	shrub, tree	Physiology	evergreen, single stem, multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	18	38	7	45	Soil texture	medium, light	medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	300	1200	125	1600	Soil fertility	low	low
Latitude	10	10	44	44	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	7.5	4.5	8.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-10	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	grazing/browsing	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	125	300
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
fuels	fuelwood	bark
medicinal	immune system applications
medicinal	digestive system applications
medicinal	genitourinary system applications
medicinal	nervous system applications
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	shade & shelter	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant