Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCassia alata
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, shrub | Physiology | evergreen, deciduous, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 23 | 29 | 12 | 33 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 2500 | 640 | 4290 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 10 | 10 | 20 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 8 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 210 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| medicinal | ||
| poison | mammals | entire plant |
| poison | birds | entire plant |
| poison | fish | entire plant |