Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortMonochoria vaginalis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, vine | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect, climber/scrambler/scadent | Category | ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, weed |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 22 | 35 | 13 | 38 | Soil texture | heavy | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1200 | 2000 | 700 | 4000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 15 | 15 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4 | 7 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | vitamins | bark |
| food & beverage | minerals | bark |
| medicinal | ||
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |