Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPachyrhizus erosus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, vine | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | pulses (grain legumes), roots/tubers, forage/pasture, environmental |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 30 | 15 | 36 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1300 | 1700 | 250 | 7000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | 10 | - | 20 | 25 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1750 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 8 | 4.3 | 8 | Soil drainage | ||
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), 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 | home garden, small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | maize, common bean | low | low | |
| sole cropping | low | low | ||
| ratoon cropping | maize, common bean, onion | low | low | |
| inter-planting | rice | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |
| food & beverage | protein | roots |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | protein | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | roots |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | roots |
| animal food (feed) | protein | roots |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| poison | fish | leaves |
| poison | fish | bark |
| poison | fish | fruits |
| poison | insects | leaves |
| poison | insects | bark |
| poison | insects | fruits |
| poison | mammals | leaves |
| poison | mammals | bark |
| poison | mammals | fruits |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | entire plant |