Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortPolymnia sonchifolia
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | roots/tubers, materials, cover crop |
| Life span | annual, 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 | 22 | 5 | 30 | Soil texture | medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1200 | 600 | 1400 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 30 | 40 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 3600 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 180 | 210 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | maize, vegetables | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | roots |
| animal food (feed) | starch | roots |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| food additive | sweetener | roots |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |