Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortBoehmeria nivea
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, materials |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | deep (>>150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 17 | 27 | 10 | 34 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 2500 | 1000 | 4000 | Soil fertility | high | high |
| Latitude | 9 | 6 | 38 | 45 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1300 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.4 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| 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 | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 45 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| ley cropping | high | low | ||
| ley cropping | low | high | ||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | fibres | bark |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |