Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortMelissa officinalis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect, prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 14 | 25 | 6 | 30 | Soil texture | medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1000 | 500 | 1300 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 25 | 20 | 45 | 65 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 7.8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear 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 | -20 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 60 | 140 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| material | essential oils | leaves |
| medicinal | immune system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | immune system applications | exudates |