Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPhaseolus lunatus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | single stem, C3 photosynthesis |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect, climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | pulses (grain legumes), forage/pasture, vegetables, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 16 | 28 | 13 | 34 | Soil texture | medium | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 900 | 1500 | 400 | 4300 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 20 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2800 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8.4 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), 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 | home garden, large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 60 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | maize, common bean, gourds, cassava, guandul | |||
| ley cropping | ||||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| medicinal | entire plant | |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| material | fibres | bark |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | entire plant |
| poison | mammals | seeds |