Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAponogeton distachyos
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | vegetables, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
| 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. | 12 | 18 | 10 | 24 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1100 | 500 | 1200 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 22 | 20 | 50 | 52 | Soil Al. tox | none (<5% of CEC) | none (<5% of CEC) |
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | Abiotic suscept. | drought |
| Introduction risks. |
| 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 | vitamins | flowers |
| food & beverage | minerals | flowers |
| food & beverage | vitamins | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |
| food & beverage | vitamins | bark |
| food & beverage | minerals | bark |
| medicinal | skin applications | bark |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |