Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortSimmondsia chinensis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub | Physiology | evergreen, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 21 | 36 | 10 | 50 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 250 | 800 | 100 | 2000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 25 | 23 | 31 | 35 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | high (>10 dS/m)) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 5 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -10 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | fire, wind, drought, grazing/browsing, erosion | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 120 | 270 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | protein | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| material | waxes | seeds |
| material | cosmetics & perfumery | seeds |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |
| environmental | windbreak | entire plant |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | seeds |