Data sheet

Vetiveria zizanioides

Description
Life form	grass	Physiology
Habit	erect	Category	medicinals & aromatic, cover crop
Life span	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.	22	35	12	45	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light, organic
Rainfall (annual)	500	2500	200	5000	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	5	-	20	30	Soil Al. tox	none (<5% of CEC)	medium (16-25% of CEC
Altitude	---	---	-	2500	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	high (>10 dS/m))
Soil PH	4.5	8	3	9.9	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies	very bright

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-15	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.