Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAmaranthus hypochondriacus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | C4 photosynthesis |
| Habit | erect | Category | cereals & pseudocereals, vegetables |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 19 | 23 | 10 | 32 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, organic | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 1600 | 500 | 2500 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 10 | 10 | 30 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | 4 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 30 | 300 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | protein | bark |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | bark |
| fuels | non-wood fuel | bark |