Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortTrapa natans
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | acaulescent (or rosette plants) | Category | forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 25 | 10 | 35 | Soil texture | heavy | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 1200 | 300 | 1600 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 40 | 5 | 53 | 55 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7.5 | 5 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -25 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | Abiotic suscept. | drought |
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | fruits | |
| food & beverage | starch | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | lipids | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | entire plant | |
| medicinal | immune system applications | fruits |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | fruits |
| medicinal | skin applications | fruits |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |