Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAframomum melegueta
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, 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. | 21 | 28 | 10 | 34 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 1900 | 1000 | 2400 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 5 | - | 20 | 25 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | cloudy skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 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 | 270 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | seeds |
| medicinal | seeds | |
| medicinal | fruits | |
| medicinal | leaves | |
| medicinal | buds | |