Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcanthosicyos horridus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, vegetables, medicinals & aromatic, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 30 | 10 | 40 | Soil texture | light | light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 125 | 250 | 75 | 450 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 17 | 15 | 32 | 34 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 100 | Soil salinity | medium (4-10 dS/m) | high (>10 dS/m)) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| medicinal | roots | |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | fruits |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |