Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortOriganum vulgare
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | 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. | 17 | 28 | 4 | 32 | Soil texture | light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 1300 | 400 | 2700 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8.7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden | Crop cycle | 180 | 300 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| ley cropping | low | low | ||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | essential oils | leaves |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | leaves |
| material | dye/tannin | flowers |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | leaves |
| medicinal | immune system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | blood system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | leaves |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | flowers |
| medicinal | immune system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | blood system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | flowers |