Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCastanea sativa
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, materials, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | deep (>>150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 25 | 7 | 30 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 900 | 1300 | 500 | 1600 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | 30 | 30 | 50 | 50 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw) | Photoperiod | long day (>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 | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 150 | 210 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | flowers |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| social | smoking material | flowers |
| material | cosmetics & perfumery | leaves |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| material | dye/tannin | bark |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | leaves |
| medicinal | blood system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | stems |
| medicinal | blood system applications | stems |