Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCrocus sativus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 7 | 19 | 4 | 23 | Soil texture | medium | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 900 | 400 | 1100 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | 30 | 30 | 40 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5.5 | 7.8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | 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 | home garden, small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 180 | 210 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | dye/tannin | flowers |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | flowers |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | flowers |
| food additive | colorant | flowers |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | flowers |