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Arracacia xanthorrhiza

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology
Habit	prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect	Category	roots/tubers
Life span	perennial	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.	14	21	10	28	Soil texture	light, organic	medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	800	1200	600	1800	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	-	-	10	10	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	600	3500	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	6	4.5	6.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	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)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.	humidity	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	small scale (manual)	Crop cycle	120	365
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	inter-cropping	maize, beans
	inter-planting	coffee, banana, plantain
	ratoon cropping	potatoes, vegetables

(at most All5102550100)

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