Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortVigna subterranea
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | pulses (grain legumes) |
| 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. | 19 | 30 | 16 | 38 | Soil texture | light | heavy, medium, light, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 750 | 1400 | 300 | 3000 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 20 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 200 | 1400 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden | Crop cycle | 90 | 180 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| semi-permanent | inter-cropping | sorghum, millet, maize, groundnut, yams, cassava | low | high |
| semi-permanent | ley cropping | low | high | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | seeds |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |
