Arachis Pintoi (Pinto Peanut)

    

(photo location: Iloilo, Philippines)

Family: Fabaceae tribe: Aeschynomeneae subtribe: Stylosanthinae, section Caulorrhizae

pinto peanut (Australia);  maní forrajero perenne, maní perenne (Spain);  amendoim forrageiro (Portugal);  kacang pinto (Indonesia);  thua lisong tao (Thailand)

Native to:

South America:  Brazil (Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais states).

Permanent pasture for intensive grazing systems, ornamental, ground cover.

Tolerant of heavy grazing.

Tolerant of low fertility.

Productive.

High quality.

Good ground cover.

Combines well with competitive sward grasses.

Not well suited to cut-and-carry systems.

Needs good moisture for production.

Underground seed attracts rodents.

Difficult to eradicate.

Slow and costly establishment.

Descriptions' source: http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/Forages/Media/Html/Arachis_pintoi