Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortOriganum majorana
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, sub-shrub | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | annual, perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 26 | 10 | 30 | Soil texture | medium | medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1000 | 600 | 2300 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.9 | 8.7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden, large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 90 | 180 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| ley cropping | ||||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | aromatics | entire plant |
| material | essential oils | entire plant |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | entire plant |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | entire plant |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | entire plant |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | entire plant |