Pachyrhizus erosus Urb.

Characteristics

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	climber
Foliage retention	-
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	6.0
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color	-
Blooming months	-
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

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

Usage

Uses	fodder green manure medicinal poison
Edible	pods roots seeds tubers
Therapeutic use	Cholera (root), Fever (root), Headache (root), Smallpox (root), Anthelmintics (seed), Cathartics (seed), Insecticides (seed), Skin diseases (seed), Dysentery (tuber), Hemorrhoids (tuber), Anodyne (unspecified), Dermatosis (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Pediculicide (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Prickly-heat (unspecified), Thirst (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Larvicide (unspecified), Scabies (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	20 - 30
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-