Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortRicinus communis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 30 | 15 | 39 | Soil texture | medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1000 | 400 | 2000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 50 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 140 | 210 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | dye/tannin | leaves |
| material | waxes | seeds |
| material | fibres | bark |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | seeds |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | seeds |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | seeds |