Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAesculus hippocastanum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, ornamentals/turf, 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 | |||
| Temperat. requir. | - | - | - | - | Soil texture | medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | - | - | - | - | Soil fertility | ||
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | - | - | - | - | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | clear skies | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | wind, coastal salt spray | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| food & beverage | starch | fruits |
| medicinal | blood system applications | stems |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | seeds |
| social | other socio-cultural uses | seeds |