Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortUrtica dioica
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | deciduous, multi stem |
| Habit | erect, prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | vegetables, materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 12 | 22 | 8 | 28 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 2000 | 450 | 2400 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 22 | 20 | 68 | 70 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2500 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 7 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 9 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), boreal (E) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -25 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| material | dye/tannin | leaves |
| material | fibres | bark |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| medicinal | blood system applications | entire plant |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | entire plant |
| medicinal | metabolic system applications | entire plant |
| medicinal | skin applications | entire plant |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | entire plant |