Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCanavalia gladiata
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, vine, sub-shrub | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | pulses (grain legumes), forage/pasture, vegetables, cover crop, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 30 | 12 | 36 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, organic | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1800 | 600 | 2600 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 20 | - | 30 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6 | 4.3 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 300 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | protein | fruits |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | entire plant |
| environmental | cover crop | entire plant |