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Pontederia cordata

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	deciduous, multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	vegetables, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	shallow (20-50 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	14	24	10	30	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light, wide, organic	heavy, medium, light, wide, organic
Rainfall (annual)	800	1200	500	1500	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	24	20	50	52	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	1500	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7.5	5.5	8	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year)	poorly (saturated >50% of year)
Light intensity	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies	very bright

Climate zone	subtropical humid (Cf), temperate continental (Dc)	Photoperiod
Killing temp. during rest	-25	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.	flooding	Abiotic suscept.	drought
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	120	180
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	starch	seeds
food & beverage		leaves
food & beverage		entire plant
medicinal	genitourinary system applications	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant