Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortLepidium meyenii
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect, acaulescent (or rosette plants) | Category | roots/tubers |
| 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. | 12 | 18 | 3 | 22 | Soil texture | heavy | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 800 | 500 | 1000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 10 | - | 20 | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 3500 | 4500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 8.5 | 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), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -20 | Killing temp. early growth | -10 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 180 | 270 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | bitter-potato | low | medium | |
| ley cropping | low | medium | ||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | roots |
| food & beverage | starch | roots |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | roots |
| medicinal | nutritional applications | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |