Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortFoeniculum vulgare
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | vegetables, materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | biennial, perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 25 | 6 | 32 | Soil texture | medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 1500 | 300 | 2600 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 45 | 45 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 4.8 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), 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 | long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | -2 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden, large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 30 | 110 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| sole cropping | ||||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | vitamins | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | leaves |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | seeds |
| material | essential oils | seeds |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | blood system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | seeds |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | seeds |
| medicinal | endocrine system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | nutritional applications | seeds |
| poison | mammals | seeds |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |