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Cynara cardunculus

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, vegetables, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, weed
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.	14	28	7	38	Soil texture	heavy, medium, organic	heavy, medium, light, wide, organic
Rainfall (annual)	550	800	450	1000	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	28	26	52	54	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	500	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	7	5	7.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	clear skies	very bright	light shade	very bright

Climate zone	subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-10	Killing temp. early growth	-2
Abiotic toler.	fire, coastal salt spray	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden, small scale (manual)	Crop cycle	1,500	300
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	sole cropping

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	leaves
food & beverage	minerals	leaves
food & beverage	protein	leaves
food & beverage	vitamins	bark
food & beverage	minerals	bark
food & beverage	vitamins	fruits
food & beverage	minerals	flowers
animal food (feed)	vitamins	entire plant
animal food (feed)	minerals	entire plant
animal food (feed)	protein	entire plant
material	fibres	bark
fuels	non-wood fuel	bark
medicinal	digestive system applications	entire plant
environmental	manure/fertilizer	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant