Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortTetragonia tetragonioides
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | vegetables |
| Life span | annual, biennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 19 | 28 | 10 | 36 | Soil texture | light, organic | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 900 | 1200 | 700 | 3000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 20 | - | 40 | 40 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1700 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7 | 6 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw) | Photoperiod | long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden, small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 120 | 270 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | bark |
| food & beverage | minerals | bark |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |