Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortMorus nigra
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, medicinals & aromatic |
| 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. | 15 | 25 | 10 | 38 | Soil texture | medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 1500 | 300 | 4000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 20 | - | 40 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 3000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.3 | 8.3 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 330 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| non-vertebrate food | vitamins | leaves |
| non-vertebrate food | minerals | leaves |
| material | dye/tannin | leaves |
| material | paper | bark |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | fruits |
| medicinal | blood system applications | fruits |
| medicinal | sensory applications | fruits |
| medicinal | blood system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | sensory applications | leaves |
| medicinal | blood system applications | stems |
| medicinal | sensory applications | stems |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |
| environmental | windbreak | entire plant |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |