Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcorus calamus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | 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. | 18 | 26 | 4 | 30 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 7000 | 2000 | 430 | 4200 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 40 | 45 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), 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 | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | roots |
| material | essential oils | roots |
| material | cosmetics & perfumery | roots |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | roots |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | roots |
| medicinal | metabolic system applications | |
| poison | mammals | roots |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |