Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortMomordica charantia
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, vine | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | fruits & nuts, vegetables, ornamentals/turf, environmental |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 22 | 30 | 15 | 38 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 2000 | 2500 | 1000 | 4000 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | 3 | Killing temp. early growth | 3 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 50 | 70 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | seeds |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | fruits |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | bulbs |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | flowers |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |