Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortEnsete ventricosum
Description | |||
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Life form | herb | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
Habit | erect | Category | vegetables, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
Ecology | |||||||
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Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
Temperat. requir. | 16 | 24 | 8 | 30 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
Rainfall (annual) | 1100 | 1500 | 900 | 1700 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
Latitude | 5 | - | 20 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
Altitude | --- | --- | 500 | 3100 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
Soil PH | 5.6 | 7.3 | 5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies |
Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
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Killing temp. during rest | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | -2 |
Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
Introduction risks. |
Cultivation | ||||
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Min | Max | |||
Product. system | home garden, small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 |
Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
sole cropping | low | medium | ||
inter-cropping | Zea mays, Brassica oleracea var. capitata, Colocasia esculenta, Phaseolus sp. Solanum tuberosum | low | high | |
inter-cropping | Persea americana, Coffea arabica, Citrus sp. | low | medium |
Uses | ||
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Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
food & beverage | vitamins | bark |
food & beverage | minerals | bark |
food & beverage | starch | bark |
animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
animal food (feed) | starch | entire plant |
material | fibres | leaves |
medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | entire plant |
medicinal | genitourinary system applications | leaves |
medicinal | endocrine system applications | leaves |
medicinal | endocrine system applications | flowers |
environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |