Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortGunnera tinctoria
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | acaulescent (or rosette plants) | Category | vegetables, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 25 | 10 | 30 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 2000 | 500 | 4000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 20 | - | 50 | 52 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2700 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | cloudy skies | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -10 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| 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 | leaves | |
| material | dye/tannin | roots |
| medicinal | blood system applications | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |