Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortSambucus nigra
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub | Physiology | deciduous, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 12 | 22 | 5 | 30 | Soil texture | medium, organic | wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 12000 | 400 | 2000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 10 | - | 50 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2600 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | clear skies | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | fruits |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| poison | insects | leaves |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | stems |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | metabolic system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | fruits |
| medicinal | nutritional applications | fruits |