Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortRosmarinus officinalis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 18 | 30 | 8 | 38 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1400 | 300 | 2700 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | 35 | 30 | 45 | 50 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 8.7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), 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), 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 | home garden, large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 120 | 270 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | leaves |
| food additive | antioxidant | leaves |
| food additive | preservative | leaves |
| material | essential oils | leaves |
| material | cosmetics & perfumery | leaves |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | leaves |
| medicinal | metabolic system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | endocrine system applications | leaves |