Description
Product Description:
Lablab (Lablab purpureus) is a versatile, summer-growing annual or short-lived perennial forage legume. Known for its high forage yield, drought tolerance, and ability to enhance soil fertility, Lablab is widely used in tropical and subtropical farming systems. It provides high-quality forage for grazing and hay, serves as a green manure, and improves soil fertility in mixed cropping systems.
Product Characteristics Summary:
🌱 Agronomic Information:
- Plant Type: Summer-growing annual or short-lived perennial legume.
- Growth Habit: Thick, trailing, and twining stems with 3 large rounded leaflets per leaf.
- Flowers: White or purple flowers on long stems.
- Pods & Seeds: Flattened pods (4–5 cm long) with 2–4 seeds. Seed color varies by cultivar (white, cream, brown, or black) with a distinct white strip on part of the circumference.
🌾 Forage Quality:
- Forage Yield: High-yielding forage legume suitable for grazing, hay, or silage production.
- Nutritional Value: High protein and digestibility, making it an excellent feed for livestock.
- Non-Bloating: Safe for ruminants without causing bloating.
🌞 Resilience & Adaptability:
- Drought Tolerance: Highly drought-tolerant once established.
- Climate Suitability: Thrives in tropical and subtropical climates with annual rainfall of 600–2500 mm. Best grown during warm summers.
- Soil Type: Tolerates a wide range of soils, from deep sands to heavy clays, provided drainage is good. Grows on acidic to alkaline soils (pH 5.0–7.5).
- Limitations: Poor frost tolerance, low salt tolerance, and intolerance to prolonged water logging.
🌍 Suitability:
- Pasture Type & Use: Ideal for grazing, forage conservation, and green manure. Commonly used as a break crop in mixed farming systems and legume leys to improve soil fertility.
- Mixed Forage Systems: Often grown with summer grasses (e.g., forage sorghum) to provide diverse forage options.
- Soil Health: Enhances soil fertility through nitrogen fixation and improves soil organic matter.
🌱 Special Attributes:
- Easy Establishment: Large seeds can be sown directly into moisture for quick establishment.
- Multipurpose: Suitable for grazing, hay, silage, and green manure.
- High Yielding: Provides high-quality forage for livestock.
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