Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCyperus rotundus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | grass | Physiology | |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 24 | 32 | 10 | 45 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 3000 | 300 | 4200 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 30 | 35 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1800 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 3.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), 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), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 120 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | roots |
| medicinal | metabolic system applications | roots |
| medicinal | blood system applications | roots |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | roots |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | roots |
| poison | insects | roots |
| material | cosmetics & perfumery | roots |
| food & beverage | vitamins | roots |
| food & beverage | minerals | roots |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |