Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortColocasia esculenta
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | roots/tubers, vegetables, ornamentals/turf |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 21 | 28 | 10 | 35 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1800 | 2700 | 1000 | 4100 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 18 | 35 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2700 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.3 | 8.2 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | 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 | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 300 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | starch | roots |
| food & beverage | vitamins | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |
| food & beverage | protein | roots |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |