Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCarthamus tinctorius
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem, C3 photosynthesis |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | annual | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 32 | 5 | 45 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1000 | 300 | 1400 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 20 | 40 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 100 | 1800 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate continental (Dc) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -14 | Killing temp. early growth | -2 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 120 | 245 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | linseed, chickpea, leucaena, sweet potato, sorghum | |||
| ratoon cropping | rice, soybeans, sorghum, cowpea | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | dye/tannin | flowers |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | blood system applications | seeds |
| food additive | colorant | flowers |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | protein | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | seeds |