Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortTypha domingensis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | evergreen, deciduous, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | roots/tubers, vegetables, materials, medicinals & aromatic, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 16 | 28 | 14 | 30 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 400 | 1400 | 250 | 1600 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 22 | 20 | 45 | 48 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 8 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -25 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | Abiotic suscept. | drought |
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | buds |
| food & beverage | protein | buds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | bulbs |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| material | fibres | leaves |
| material | paper | leaves |
| material | fibres | buds |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | blood system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | skin applications | flowers |
| medicinal | blood system applications | seeds |
| environmental | erosion control | roots |
| fuels | non-wood fuel | bark |
| fuels | non-wood fuel | leaves |