Tropical Legumes
Caribbean Stylo
✔︎ Grows in low-fertility soils
✔︎ Anthracnose tolerant
✔︎ Produces more dry matter and seed compared to Verano
Read More✘ Sensitive to frost
✘ Sensitive to water-logging
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Sabigrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Butterfly Pea, Desmanthus, Round Leaf Cassia, Shrubby Stylo, Common Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
✔︎ Grows in low-fertility soils
✔︎ Anthracnose tolerant
✔︎ Similar to Amiga, however does not produce as much dry matter or seed
Read More✘ Sensitive to frost
✘ Sensitive to water-logging
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Sabigrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Butterfly Pea, Desmanthus, Round Leaf Cassia, Shrubby Stylo, Common Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
Siratro
✔︎ Tolerates a wide range of soil types
✔︎ Handles acidic soils
✔︎ Selected for increased leaf yield and rust tolerance
Read More✘ Does not handle continuous grazing
✘ Does not tolerate water logging
✘ Requires higher fertility soils
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Kikuyu, Panics, Setaria, Tall Finger Grass.
Legumes: Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Creeping Vigna, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Round Leaf Cassia, Shrubby Stylo, Common Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
✔︎ Tolerates a wide range of soil types
✔︎ Handles acidic soils
✔︎ Good nitrogen fixing capability
Read More✘ Does not handle continuous grazing
✘ Does not tolerate water logging
✘ Sensitive to leaf diseases such as bean rust.
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Kikuyu, Panics, Setaria, Tall Finger Grass.
Legumes: Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Creeping Vigna, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Round Leaf Cassia, Shrubby Stylo, Common Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
Burgundy Bean
✔︎ Highly palatable
✔︎ Suits a wide range of soil types
✔︎ Regenerates well from seed
Read More✘ Due to the high palatability, stands can be selectively overgrazed
✘ Susceptible to viruses
✘ Short term perennial/annual
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Setaria, Creeping Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Butterfly Pea, Caatinga Stylo, Creeping Vigna, Desmanthus, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium.
Caatinga Stylo
✔︎ Tolerates heavy grazing
✔︎ Suited to heavy clay soils
✔︎ Drought tolerant
Read More✘ Sensitive to frost
✘ Will drop leaf in dry conditions
✘ Does not handle flooding
Caatinga is a blend of Prima and Unica cultivars
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass.
Legumes: Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Desmanthus.
Glycine
✔︎ Earlier flowering than Tinaroo – ideal for cooler sub-tropical areas
✔︎ Highly productive and palatable
✔︎ Better drought tolerance compared to Tinaroo
Read More✘ Due to palatability, it can be selectively grazed out
✘ Sensitive to frost
✘ Can be an environmental weed
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Panics, Setaria, Signal Grass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Creeping Vigna, Greenleaf Desmodium.
✔︎ Later flowering than Cooper – ideal for warm wet tropical areas
✔︎ Highly productive and palatable
✔︎ Longer growing season compared to Cooper
Read More✘ Due to palatability, it can be selectively grazed out
✘ Sensitive to frost
✘ Can be an environmental weed
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Panics, Setaria, Signal Grass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Creeping Vigna, Greenleaf Desmodium.
Greenleaf Desmodium
✔︎ Moderate shade tolerance
✔︎ High palatability
✔︎ Good warm-season growth; complements tussocky and running grasses with its climbing, twining habit
Read More✘ Succumbs to overgrazing
✘ Slow to establish
✘ Does not tolerate prolonged dry periods
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Panics, Setaria, Signal Grass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Creeping Vigna, Glycine.
Desmanthus
✔︎ Tolerates heavy grazing once established
✔︎ Drought tolerant
✔︎ Non-bloating legume
Read More✘ There are improved cultivars that offer higher dry matter production
✘ Looses leaf in dry/cold conditions
✘ High hard seed content
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, Mitchell Gras, QLD Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Caatinga Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
Butterfly pea (Clitoria ternate)
✔︎ Large seed – Easy to establish
✔︎ Persistent in long dry seasons
✔︎ Highly palatable
Read More✘ Cannot handle continuous grazing
✘ Does not tolerate frosts
✘ High soil fertility needed
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Setaria, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Caatinga Stylo, Creeping Vigna, Desmanthus, Caribbean Stylo.
Common Stylo
✔︎ Typically sold in a mix with Temprano
✔︎ Adapted to low fertile acid soils
✔︎ Can be used in cut and carry systems
Read More✘ Will succumb to frost
✘ Does not tolerate heavy grazing
Compatible Pasture Plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Panics, Setaria, Signal Grass, Humidicola.
Legumes: Siratro, Round Leaf Cassia, Caribbean Stylo.
✔︎ Typically sold in a mix with Nina
✔︎ Adapted to low fertile acid soils
✔︎ Can be used in cut and carry systems
Read More✘ Will succumb to frost
✘ Does not tolerate heavy grazing
Compatible Pasture Plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Panics, Setaria, Signal Grass, Humidicola.
Legumes: Siratro, Round Leaf Cassia, Caribbean Stylo.
Shrubby Stylo
✔︎ Wide adaptation
✔︎ Suited to extensive grazing systems
✔︎ Highly drought tolerant
Read More✘ Siran has better anthracnose tolerance
✘ Can become a monoculture if not managed
✘ Palatability issues
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Sabigrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Round Leaf Cassia, Caribbean Stylo.
✔︎ Similar to Seca; However has improved anthracnose tolerance
✔︎ Suited to extensive grazing systems
✔︎ Highly drought tolerant
Read More✘ Can become a monoculture if not managed
✘ Palatability issues
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Sabigrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Round Leaf Cassia, Caribbean Stylo.
Creeping Vigna
✔︎ Tolerates heavy grazing
✔︎ Tolerates acidic soils
✔︎ Spreads under grazing
Read More✘ Poor seed yield; therefore can be difficult to source seed
✘ Frost sensitive
✘ Sensitive to prolonged dry conditions
Compatible Pasture Plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Kikuyu, Panics, Setaria, Signal Grass, Creeping Bluegrass, Humidicola, Sabigrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium.
Cassia
✔︎ Adapted to low-fertility sandy soils
✔︎ Quick establishment
✔︎ High Dry matter production
Read More✘ Typically, poor palatability; However, producers note that when the plant has hayed off, livestock will consume
✘ Potential environmental weed
✘ Will not tolerate water-logging
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Panics, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Sabi grass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Shrubby Stylo, Common Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
Tropical Grass
Bambatsi Panic
✔︎ Drought tolerant and hardy
✔︎ Once established is extremely persistent
✔︎ Affinity for black clay soils
Read More✘ Slow to establish
✘ Livestock less likely to graze once the plant becomes overgrown
✘ Not suited to low fertility soils
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Rhodes Grass, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Caatinga Stylo, Desmanthus, Caribbean Stylo.
Buffel Grass
✔︎ Rhizomatous, taller-growing cultivar that matures later than other Buffel grass cultivars
✔︎ More suited to heavier clays compared to other Buffel grass cultivars
✔︎ Withstands heavy grazing pressure
Read More✘ Contains oxalates
✘ Does not tolerate waterlogging
✘ Bare seed can be difficult to sow
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Caatinga Stylo, Desmanthus, Shrubby Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
✔︎ Improved livestock acceptance compared to Biloela
✔︎ Tolerant of heavy grazing
✔︎ Highly persistent
Read More✘ Contains oxalates
✘ Does not tolerate waterlogging
✘ Bare seed can be difficult to sow
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Caatinga Stylo, Desmanthus, Shrubby Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
✔︎ Similar to Gayndah, however, flowers earlier
✔︎ Tolerant of heavy grazing
✔︎ Highly persistent
Read More✘ Contains oxalates
✘ Does not tolerate waterlogging
✘ Bare seed can be difficult to sow
Compatible Pasture Plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Caatinga Stylo, Desmanthus, Shrubby Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
Creeping Bluegrass
✔︎ Improved root development on stolons, finer stem, and more readily grazed compared to hatch
✔︎ Tolerates heavy grazing
✔︎ Quick ground cover
Read More✘ Growth can be slow after dry/cold periods
✘ Can become a monoculture
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Burgundy Bean, Caatinga Stylo, Creeping Vigna, Desmanthus, Shrubby Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
✔︎ Tolerates heavy grazing
✔︎ Quick ground cover
✔︎ Drought tolerant
Read More✘ Growth can be slow after dry/cold periods
✘ Not as accepted by stock as Bisset
✘ Less leafy than Bisset
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Burgundy Bean, Caatinga Stylo, Creeping Vigna, Desmanthus, Shrubby Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
Tetraploid Rhodes Grass
✔︎ Vigorous tetraploid type – Late flowering
✔︎ Highly palatable
✔︎ Tolerates heavy grazing pressure
Read More✘ Does not tolerate waterlogging
✘ Does not tolerate high exchangeable aluminium levels
✘ Increased fertility needed to drive the cultivars
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Kikuyu, Panics, Setaria, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Caatinga Stylo, Creeping Vigna, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Round Leaf Cassia, Common Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
Diploid Rhodes Grass
✔︎ Finer stem compared to Katambora
✔︎ Good option for hay and silage
✔︎ Great leaf-to-stem ratio
Read More✘ Increased fertility is necessary to stimulate plant growth
✘ It does not graze as well as Callide
✘ Not adapted to soils with high exchangeable aluminium levels
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Kikuyu, Panics, Setaria, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Caatinga Stylo, Creeping Vigna, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Round Leaf Cassia, Common Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
✔︎ Improved tolerance to lower temperatures
✔︎ Good option for hay and silage
✔︎ Great leaf-to-stem ratio
Read More✘ Increased fertility is necessary to stimulate plant growth
✘ It does not graze as well as Callide
✘ Not adapted to soils with high exchangeable aluminium levels
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Kikuyu, Panics, Setaria, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Caatinga Stylo, Creeping Vigna, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Round Leaf Cassia, Common Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
Panics
✔︎ Highly palatable
✔︎ High leaf production
✔︎ Good spring growth
Read More✘ Does not tolerate flooding
✘ Requires fertile soils
✘ Due to palatability, can succumb to over grazing
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Rhodes Grass, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Caatinga Stylo, Creeping Vigna, Desmanthus, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Round Leaf Cassia, Common Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
✔︎ Shade Tolerant
✔︎ High quality feed
✔︎ High Yield Potential
Read More✘ Sensitive to Heavy Grazing
✘ Oxalate Risks
✘ Does not handle waterlogging
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Rhodes Grass, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Caatinga Stylo, Creeping Vigna, Desmanthus, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Round Leaf Cassia, Common Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
Finger grass
✔︎ Suited to higher rainfall areas compared to Strickland
✔︎ Vigorous, stoloniferous grass
✔︎ Highly palatable
Read More✘ Due to palatability, selective grazing can occur
✘ Intolerant of frost
✘ Does not tolerate waterlogging
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Creeping Vigna, Desmanthus, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Round Leaf Cassia, Shrubby Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
✔︎ Vigorous, stoloniferous grass
✔︎ Better drought tolerance than Jarra
✔︎ Highly palatable
Read More✘ Due to palatability, selective grazing can occur
✘ Intolerant of frost
✘ Tolerates some waterlogging, but not flooding
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Creeping Vigna, Desmanthus, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Round Leaf Cassia, Shrubby Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
Setaria
✔︎ Tolerant to waterlogging
✔︎ Palatable when young and leafy
✔︎ Easy to establish
Read More✘ High in oxalates
✘ Mature plants have poor feed quality
✘ More stemmier than other cultivars
Compatible Pasture Plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Kikuyu.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Creeping Vigna, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Common Stylo.
✔︎ Not as coarse as Kazungula
✔︎ Palatable when young and leafy
✔︎ Easy to establish
Read More✘ High in oxalates
✘ Mature plants have poor feed quality
✘ Not very drought tolerant
Compatible Pasture Plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Kikuyu.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Creeping Vigna, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Common Stylo.
✔︎ Selected for improved winter yield and winter greenness
✔︎ Palatable when young and leafy
✔︎ Easy to establish
Read More✘ High in oxalates
✘ Mature plants have poor feed quality
✘ Not very drought tolerant
Compatible Pasture Plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Kikuyu.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Creeping Vigna, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Common Stylo.
✔︎ Later flowering – feed quality kept for longer
✔︎ Palatable when young and leafy
✔︎ Easy to establish
Read More✘ High in oxalates
✘ Mature plants have poor feed quality
✘ Not very drought tolerant
Compatible Pasture Plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Kikuyu.
Legumes: Siratro, Burgundy Bean, Butterfly Pea, Creeping Vigna, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Common Stylo.
Digit grass
✔︎ Ideal in the transition area where tropical and temperate conditions meet
✔︎ Tolerates frost and dry conditions
✔︎ Responds well to spring rainfall and will begin to grow
Read More✘ Due to palatability, selective grazing can occur
✘ Can be slow to establish
✘ Does not tolerate waterlogging
Compatible pasture plants
Grasses: Buffel Grass, Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass.
Legumes: Butterfly Pea, Creeping Vigna, Desmanthus, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Round Leaf Cassia, Shrubby Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
QLD Bluegrass
✔︎ High-quality native grass
✔︎ Good spring growth
✔︎ Grows under low soil nitrogen levels
Read More✘ Does not tolerate waterlogging
✘ Does not tolerate heavy grazing
✘ Early maturity leading to poor feed quality
Compatible Pasture Plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Panics, Creeping Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Desmanthus, Shrubby Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
Signal Grass
✔︎ Tolerates Heavy Grazing
✔︎ Suited for Humid Tropics
✔︎ Acidic and Aluminium Tolerant
Read More✘ Can cause photosensitisation in young cattle, sheep and goats
✘ Contains Oxalates
✘ Can become a monoculture
Compatible Pasture Plants
Legumes: Creeping Vigna, Glycine, Greenleaf Desmodium, Common Stylo.
Forest Bluegrass
✔︎ Tolerates low fertile soils
✔︎ Handles heavy grazing
✔︎ Productive and persistent
Read More✘ Not as palatable compared to other grasses
✘ Susceptible to frost
✘ Intolerant of waterlogging
Compatible Pasture Plants
Grasses: Rhodes Grass, Bambatsi Panic, Panics, Creeping Bluegrass, QLD Bluegrass, Tall Finger Grass, Digit Grass.
Legumes: Caatinga Stylo, Desmanthus, Round Leaf Cassia, Shrubby Stylo, Caribbean Stylo.
Humidicola
✔︎ Tolerates waterlogging
✔︎ Handles heavy grazing
✔︎ Highly vigorous once established
Read More✘ Seed quality can be an issue – high dormancy
✘ Can become a monoculture due to how vigorous the plant can be
✘ Quality can be an issue compared to other grasses
Compatible Legumes
Legumes: Common Stylo, Caribbean Stylo, Round Leaf Cassia.
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