Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortSaccharum spontaneum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, vegetables, materials |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 25 | 35 | 17 | 40 | Soil texture | light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 2000 | 3000 | 1500 | 5000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 40 | 40 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1700 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 300 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food additive | sweetener | bark |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| material | waxes | bark |
| material | fibres | bark |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |