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Carica pubescens

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	evergreen, single stem, multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	fruits & nuts, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	17	22	10	28	Soil texture	medium, organic	medium
Rainfall (annual)	1000	1700	500	2800	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	-	-	10	10	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	3000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	4.5	8.4	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear 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)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-3	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.	wind
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden	Crop cycle	210	270
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	inter-cropping

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	fruits
food & beverage	minerals	fruits
medicinal	blood system applications	fruits
medicinal	skin applications	fruits
medicinal	digestive system applications	fruits
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant