Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAlocasia macrorrhizos
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | vegetables |
| Life span | biennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 25 | 10 | 32 | Soil texture | medium | heavy, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 2500 | 3500 | 2000 | 4200 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 20 | 20 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.7 | 6.3 | 5 | 7.3 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | cloudy skies | cloudy skies | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | bark |
| food & beverage | vitamins | bark |
| food & beverage | minerals | bark |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |