Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortEichhornia crassipes
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | Category | forage/pasture, vegetables, materials, ornamentals/turf, environmental, weed | |
| Life span | biennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 35 | 10 | 40 | Soil texture | heavy | heavy |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 3000 | 600 | 4000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 38 | 38 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.7 | 7.3 | 5 | 8 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | 1 | Killing temp. early growth | 1 |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 30 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | entire plant |
| food & beverage | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| material | paper | entire plant |
| fuels | non-wood fuel | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | |
| environmental | soil improvers | |
| environmental | mulch | |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | |