WorldFloraDB - Crambe cordifolia

Characteristics

A cabbage family herb. It is a perennial plant. It grows 1.8-2.5 m high and 1.2-1.5 m wide. The leaves are heart shaped or sword shaped. They are 35 cm long. The leaves are puckered and lobed. They are coarse and hairy. The stems are branched and criss-crossed. The flowers are small and white.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.1 - 1.35

Mature height (meter)

1.65 - 2.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is frost hardy. It is best in a slightly alkaline soil. In Northwest India it grows between 2,400-4,200 m above sea level. Hobart Botanical Gardens. It suits hardiness zones 6-9.

More

Grows on the steppes and open stony places.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The young leaves are eaten as a potherb. The root is also eaten.

Uses	animal food environmental use food medicinal ornamental potherb
Edible	leaves roots
Therapeutic use	Itch (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	21 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-23
Optimum temperature (C°)	15 - 24
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-