Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortMusa textilis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 29 | 16 | 33 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1800 | 3000 | 700 | 4400 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 5 | 15 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1200 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | wind | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual), large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | mongo, cowpea, peanuts, upland rice | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | fibres | leaves |
| material | paper | leaves |