Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPhaseolus coccineus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | pulses (grain legumes), roots/tubers, forage/pasture, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, cover crop |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 12 | 26 | 5 | 30 | Soil texture | medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1500 | 400 | 2600 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 15 | 25 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 1400 | 2800 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 5 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw) | 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 | 80 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | maize, common bean | |||
| ley cropping | ||||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |
| food & beverage | vitamins | flowers |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |