Data sheet

Eleusine indica

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect	Category	cereals & pseudocereals, forage/pasture, vegetables, environmental, weed
Life span	annual	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.	20	26	6	35	Soil texture	light	medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	500	1200	450	4300	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	-	-	-	-	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	6.5	4.3	8.4	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), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.	drought	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed