Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAsclepias speciosa
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | deciduous, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | vegetables, materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 12 | 24 | 8 | 30 | Soil texture | medium, light, organic | medium, light, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 450 | 800 | 400 | 1000 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | 26 | 25 | 54 | 55 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1900 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -35 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 120 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | flowers | |
| food & beverage | leaves | |
| food & beverage | sap | |
| food & beverage | seeds | |
| food & beverage | fruits | |
| poison | mammals | buds |
| material | latex/rubber | bark |
| material | latex/rubber | leaves |
| material | fibres | stems |
| material | paper | bark |
| material | dye/tannin | leaves |
| material | dye/tannin | flowers |
| environmental | pollution control | seeds |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | roots |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | roots |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | roots |
| medicinal | skin applications | sap |
| medicinal | immune system applications | sap |
| medicinal | sensory applications | sap |