Characteristics
A herb. It is erect and keeps growing from year to year. It grows 15-75 cm tall. It has a thick rootstock. The leaves are compound and divided into leaflets along the stalk. The roots near the ground are 4-30 cm long and have 5-13 pairs of leaflets. The leaves on the stems are white underneath. The flowers are yellow. They are 1-2 cm across. They are in crowded groups at the end of the plant.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
-
|
| Foliage retention |
deciduous
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
0.15 - 0.75
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
c3
|
Environment
It is a subtropical plant. In the Indian Himalayas it grows between 2,300-3,000 m above sea level.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
|
Usage
The roots are eaten along with areca nuts and betel pepper leaves. The ripe fruit are eaten.
Cultivation
It can be grown by seed and by underground parts.
| Mode |
-
|
| Germination duration (days) |
14 - 30
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
18 - 21
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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