Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortTrigonella foenum-graecum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 13 | 27 | 5 | 32 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 800 | 380 | 1550 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 30 | - | 50 | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 7 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -15 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 60 | 120 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | seeds |
| material | essential oils | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seedlings |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| fuels | non-wood fuel | entire plant |
| material | cosmetics & perfumery | leaves |
| medicinal | metabolic system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | seeds |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | endocrine system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | skin applications | seeds |
| environmental | soil improvers | roots |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |