Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortOcimum tenuiflorum
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, sub-shrub | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | medicinals & aromatic |
| 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. | 20 | 28 | 15 | 35 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 3000 | 700 | 7600 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 28 | 35 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 5 | 9 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | flooding |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden | Crop cycle | 40 | 300 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| sole cropping | low | high | ||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | leaves |
| medicinal | leaves | |