Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortTrichanthera gigantea
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, medicinals & aromatic, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 27 | 33 | 20 | 38 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, wide | heavy, medium, light, wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 3000 | 1000 | 5000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 400 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | grazing/browsing | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | Musa sp., Leucaena sp., Gliricidia sp. | medium | medium | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | vitamins | bulbs |
| food & beverage | minerals | bulbs |