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Sesbania bispinosa

Description
Life form	herb, sub-shrub	Physiology	single stem, multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, materials, forest/wood, environmental, weed
Life span	annual	Plant attributes

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	18	30	10	34	Soil texture	heavy, medium	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	700	1200	500	2900	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	35	40	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1200	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	7	4.3	9.9	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	clear skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical dry summer (Cs)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	60	170
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	seeds
food & beverage	minerals	seeds
food & beverage	protein	seeds
animal food (feed)	vitamins	leaves
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
material	fibres	bark
material	paper	bark
material	gums/resins	exudates
fuels	fuelwood	bark
environmental	manure/fertilizer	leaves
environmental	agroforestry	entire plant
environmental	nitrogen fixation	roots
environmental	soil improvers	entire plant