Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortStevia rebaudiana
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, sub-shrub | Physiology | deciduous, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 18 | 30 | 15 | 43 | Soil texture | light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 1400 | 500 | 1800 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 15 | - | 30 | 50 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -6 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 55 | 270 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food additive | sweetener | leaves |
| medicinal | nutritional applications | leaves |
| medicinal | blood system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | skin applications | leaves |
| medicinal | immune system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | leaves |