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Zizania latifolia

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	deciduous, multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	vegetables, 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.	22	32	14	35	Soil texture	heavy, organic	heavy, medium, organic
Rainfall (annual)	600	2500	400	3500	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	17	15	53	55	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1500	Soil salinity
Soil PH	5.5	6	4.5	7	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year)	poorly (saturated >50% of year)
Light intensity	clear skies	very bright	clear skies	very bright

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc)	Photoperiod
Killing temp. during rest	-10	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.	flooding	Abiotic suscept.	drought
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	150	200
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage		buds
food & beverage		bulbs
food & beverage		seeds
food & beverage		bark
material	fibres	leaves
medicinal	genitourinary system applications	bulbs
medicinal	immune system applications	bulbs
medicinal	genitourinary system applications	roots
medicinal	immune system applications	roots
medicinal	genitourinary system applications	seeds
medicinal	immune system applications	seeds