Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortJatropha curcas
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, medicinals & aromatic, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | deep (>>150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 11 | 28 | 7 | 36 | Soil texture | medium | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 1500 | 300 | 2000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 28 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1600 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7.5 | 5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | not sensitive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | stems |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| environmental | soil improvers | seeds |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | fruits |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | fruits |