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Tropaeolum tuberosum

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology
Habit	climber/scrambler/scadent	Category	roots/tubers
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	12	20	4	24	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light, organic	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1000	1200	700	1600	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	10	25	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	3000	4300	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	5.3	7.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	clear skies	cloudy skies	very bright	light shade

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-2	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden, small scale (manual)	Crop cycle	180	240
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	inter-cropping	ullucu, oca	low	medium
	ratoon cropping	potato	low	medium

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	starch	roots
food & beverage	protein	roots
animal food (feed)	starch	roots
animal food (feed)	protein	roots