Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortApium graveolens var. dulce
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect, acaulescent (or rosette plants) | Category | vegetables, materials |
| 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) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 18 | 25 | 4 | 28 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 1300 | 300 | 2800 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 20 | 10 | 55 | 60 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.8 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 8.3 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw), boreal (E) | Photoperiod | long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden, small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 80 | 160 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | leaves |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | seeds |
| material | essential oils | fruits |