Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCamellia sinensis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub | Physiology | evergreen, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 30 | 8 | 35 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1400 | 2000 | 1000 | 5000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 27 | 43 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2200 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 6 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf) | 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. | mono culture may cause erosion problems |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 240 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| ley cropping | low | high | ||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | leaves |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | leaves |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | leaves |