It is a tropical plant. It often grows on clay and alluvial soils and near ditches. It can grow in arid places.
Life form | annual |
Growth form | herb |
Growth support | free-standing |
Foliage retention | deciduous |
Sexuality | hermaphrodite |
Pollination | - |
Spread | - |
Mature width (meter) | - |
Mature height (meter) | 2.0 |
Root system | - |
Rooting depth (meter) | - |
Root diameter (meter) | - |
Flower color | |
Blooming months | - |
Fruit color | - |
Fruiting months | - |
Nitrogen fixer | - |
Photosynthetic pathway | - |
Light | - |
Soil humidity | - |
Soil texture | - |
Soil acidity | - |
Soil nutriment | - |
Hardiness (USDA) |
Uses | animal food coffee substitute environmental use fiber fibre food food additive gene source improve material medicinal technical |
Edible | fruits leaves roots seeds stems |
Therapeutic use | Wounds and injuries (root), Asthma (seed), Wound healing (unspecified) |
Human toxicity | - |
Animal toxicity | - |
Mode | seedlings |
Germination duration (days) | 15 - 30 |
Germination temperacture (C°) | 23 - 26 |
Germination luminosity | - |
Germination treatment | soaking |
Minimum temperature (C°) | - |
Optimum temperature (C°) | - |
Size | - |
Vigor | - |
Productivity | - |
LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008221-1 |
WFO ID | wfo-0000510865 |
COL ID | 8JZP |
BDTFX ID | - |
INPN ID | - |
Wikipedia (EN) | Link |
Wikipedia (FR) |