Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCanna indica
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | roots/tubers, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, environmental |
| 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. | 12 | 32 | 14 | 24 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, organic | heavy, medium, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 4500 | 500 | 5000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 40 | 51 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7.5 | 5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | wind | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | roots |
| material | paper | leaves |
| material | fibres | leaves |
| material | dye/tannin | seeds |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | roots |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | roots |