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Centrosema brasilianum is a perennial, trailing to twining herbaceous legume from tropical South America, grown mainly as a forage and cover plant in pastures. Its key requirement is scarified seed for germination, and it establishes slowly, so weed control in the first season helps.
Centrosema brasilianum belongs to the dicot class with a variety of names such as Clitoria brasiliana, and many more. It is a member of the family Fabaceae. This species in mainly found in South American nations such as Brazil, Guyana, and Bolivia.
Establishment and germination of C. brasilianum is generally good. Report indicated that after evaluation of 257- seed accessions, a 40% success rate was established in field germination and 84% in the laboratory. Prior to sowing, scarification is a necessity along with hot water treatment, Osram irradiation and sulphuric acid. Centrosema brasilianum establishes relatively slowly, therefore weed control during establishment is advantageous. Once established, it competes well in grasslands with sowing depths of only 5 cm and seeding rates of 4–5 kg/ha.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Centrosema brasilianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
