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Apium graveolens var. dulce

Authority L. Family Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Apiales:Umbelliferae Synonyms Common names celery Editor Ecocrop code 432

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A herbaceous plant with greatly enlarged, tender, young petioles. When the plants become reproductive the stem which is solid and ribbed elongates and may reach a height of 1 m. USES The young petioles are used as flavor and salad vegetable but may also be dried or cooked. The pungent seeds are used to flavor salads, soups, and vegetable and meat dishes. Dried ripe fruit yields 2-3% of an essential oil used as a fixative for medicines, perfumes, liqueurs, and cosmetics. GROWING PERIOD Biennial, generally grown as an annual, ready for harvest after 80-160 days from planting. Requires two seasons to produce seed. COMMON NAMES Celery, Celeri branche, Apio, Sellerie, Selderij, Snijselderij, Salderi, Sederi, Sadri, Tang O, K'an ts'oi, Hon K'an, Faan K'an Ts'oi. FURTHER INF In the tropics an elevation of more than 1000 m and a day-length of more than 12.5 hours are generally required for optimum petiole and leaf development. Celery normally require a cold period of at least one month with a temperature below 16°C before flower initiation occurs but a few days of 4-10°C will often cause 75% of plants to bolt. Expected yields are 38-63 t/ha.
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SOURCES (A. graveolens L. var. dulce (Mill.) DC) Tindall H 1983 pp 399-402 [FER, TEXT, DRA, PH, RAIN, TEMP, PHO] Roecklein J 1987 pp 481 [USE] Maas E 1990 pp 277 Dube P 1982 pp 24 Hackett C 1982 pp 23 [FER, PHO, DEP, PH, TEXT, TEMP] Kernick M 1961 pp 424 Langer R 1991 pp 147-148 [DRA, FER, PH] Hartmann T 1981 pp 560-661 [FER, RAIN, TEXT]