Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPhaseolus acutifolius
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect, climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | pulses (grain legumes), cover crop |
| Life span | annual | 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. | 20 | 30 | 8 | 38 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1000 | 300 | 1700 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 25 | - | 35 | 40 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1900 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 60 | 120 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | maize, gourds, millet, prickly pear, mesquite, jojoba | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |