Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAloe arborescens
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 18 | 26 | 9 | 38 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 400 | 1500 | 300 | 1700 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 22 | 20 | 30 | 32 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4.2 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| medicinal | leaves | |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |