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Artemisia annua

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	medicinals & aromatic, environmental
Life span	annual, biennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	13	29	10	35	Soil texture	medium, light	medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	600	1300	300	1500	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	32	30	58	60	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	3600	Soil salinity
Soil PH	6	8	5.5	8.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	clear skies	very bright	light shade	very bright

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc)	Photoperiod	neutral day (12-14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	small scale (manual), intermediate (animal drawn)	Crop cycle	170	190
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	inter-cropping	Coffea arabica	high	high
	sole cropping		high	high
	sole cropping		high	high

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
medicinal	immune system applications	leaves
medicinal	immune system applications	flowers
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant