Characteristics
A large herb. It grows about 1 m tall. It keeps growing from year to year. The tubers are tiny but not acrid. The plant is usually grown for its edible leaves. The leaf stalks are 60 cm long.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
evergreen
|
| Sexuality |
-
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
0.75 - 1.05
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
1.5
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
A tropical plant. It thrives in hot wet conditions. It will not grow well in sandy soils or soils low in organic matter. It will grow in soils with a pH between 5.0-8.0. It can tolerate shade and be intercropped with bananas or coconut.
| Light |
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| Soil humidity |
|
| Soil texture |
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| Soil acidity |
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
The leaves, stems and upper portion of the leaf stalks are used as potherbs.
Cultivation
It is grown as a leaf vegetable. It take a about 0.5 share metres of space or 20,000 plants per hectare. It is usually grown from corms or stem cuttings.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
1
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
22 - 30
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| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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