Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortMirabilis expansa
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | roots/tubers, vegetables |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | deep (>>150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 12 | 20 | 5 | 25 | Soil texture | medium, organic | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 800 | 500 | 1000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 10 | 15 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 2300 | 3500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden | Crop cycle | 210 | 270 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | maize, curcurbits | low | low | |
| ley cropping | low | low | ||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | roots |
| food & beverage | protein | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |
| food & beverage | starch | bark |
| food & beverage | protein | bark |
| food & beverage | minerals | bark |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | starch | roots |
| animal food (feed) | protein | roots |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | roots |