Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortIndigofera tinctoria
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb, sub-shrub | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | other |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 22 | 28 | 7 | 32 | Soil texture | medium | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1300 | 1700 | 640 | 3000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 4.3 | 8.7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | 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 | 90 | 210 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | ||||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | dye/tannin | flowers |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |