Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCarica papaya
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 21 | 30 | 12 | 44 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 2500 | 1000 | 3000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 30 | 32 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2100 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | 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. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual), large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 330 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | mango, citrus sp., rambutan, banana | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food additive | stabiliser | exudates |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | skin applications | exudates |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | exudates |
| social | smoking material | leaves |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |