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Allium sativum

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	single stem
Habit	erect	Category	vegetables, medicinals & aromatic
Life span	biennial	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.	18	30	7	35	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	750	1600	500	2700	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	-	-	60	60	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2200	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	6.6	5	8.5	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), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-5	Killing temp. early growth	-5
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.	humidity
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden, large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	90	120
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food additive	condiment/seasoning	leaves
medicinal	immune system applications	leaves
medicinal	blood system applications	leaves
medicinal	digestive system applications	leaves
medicinal	nervous system applications	leaves
medicinal	muscular/skeletal applications	leaves
medicinal	skin applications	leaves
medicinal	nutritional applications	leaves