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Borago officinalis

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology
Habit	erect	Category	vegetables, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic
Life span	annual	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.	15	22	4	26	Soil texture	heavy, organic	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	500	1000	300	1300	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	30	20	50	60	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	-	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6.5	7.5	6	8.3	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	clear skies

Climate zone	steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-5	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden, large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	150	180
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	sole cropping

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	leaves
food & beverage	vitamins	flowers
material	other material/chemicals	flowers
material	dye/tannin	flowers
medicinal	nervous system applications	entire plant
medicinal	skin applications	entire plant
medicinal	respiratory applications	entire plant
medicinal	digestive system applications	entire plant
medicinal	metabolic system applications	entire plant
medicinal	muscular/skeletal applications	entire plant
medicinal	immune system applications	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant