Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortLagenaria siceraria
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, vine | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | fruits & nuts, vegetables, materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 19 | 27 | 12 | 38 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1200 | 1800 | 700 | 2800 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 25 | 25 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2700 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| 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 & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | vitamins | bulbs |
| food & beverage | minerals | bulbs |
| food & beverage | lipids | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| medicinal | fruits | |