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Biomass  Fuel  Green manure  Hedge  Insecticide  Soil conditioner  Soil reclamation  Soil stabilization

Agroforestry Uses: With its ability to fix large amounts of atmospheric nitrogen and produce a good bulk of biomass, white tephrosia is widely used in agroforestry as a green manure crop, to restore degraded land etc[303 ]. Not only does it provide nitrogen, the plant also raises soil phosphorus and potassium levels in proportion to increased levels of organic matter[303 ]. Soil structure improves, water-holding capacity and permeability increase, and soil losses caused by water erosion decrease[303 ]. It can yield well on acid soils; for example, in Vietnam, green-matter content of the soil increased from 1.7 to 4%[303 ]. White tephrosia is widely grown in mixed cultivation, for example with pineapple, maize and other annual crops, and it is said to improve the quality of tobacco. Cassava is a shade-sensitive species and needs regular lopped hedgerows, for which T. Candida is a very suitable species. It has been tried as an alley crop with cassava planted in 7-m-wide inter-rows. Preliminary results indicate a greatly increased yield of cassava and a considerable reduction of erosion[303 ]. It is grown as a temporary shade crop in newly planted perennial crops such as citrus, coconut, coffee, rubber and tea[303 ]. It has been used for rehabilitating degraded land[303 ]. Suitable for making hedges along contours, around fields and home gardens, as it is not eaten by domestic animals such as buffaloes and goats[303 ]. It is commonly used for hedgerows, providing mulch for different upland crops[303 ]. Other Uses Powdered leaves are used as an insecticide[303 ]. When the species becomes woody with age, it provides suitable fuel wood[303 ].

Special Uses

Food Forest  Hedge  Nitrogen Fixer