Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPlectranthus esculentus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | roots/tubers, 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 | 28 | 10 | 36 | Soil texture | medium | medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 1100 | 550 | 1600 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 30 | 35 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7 | 6 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 200 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | low-growing crops | |||
| ley cropping | ||||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |
| food & beverage | vitamins | bark |
| food & beverage | vitamins | flowers |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | immune system applications | leaves |