Musk okra - Abelmoschus moschatus ( edit )

Botany

Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Sub-family: Malvoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Abelmoschus moschatus
Common name: Musk okra

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Origin

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Polonesia
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Uses

Main use:
cosmetics
Harvest method:
Shelf life:
Yield first season:
Yield top season:
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
spice
Medicinal
seed/nut
low
palmitic acid
19
21
medicals
Lipids ( )
good
18.9
liphids
Apiculture:
inapplicable
honey
Fruit:
inedible
fruits
Nut:
inedible
nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
no timber
timber
Fuel: stem / wood -3.25 credits 0 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • fruit
  • ornamental
  • oil
  • ornamental

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Plant Details

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Crown

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
3
m tallest
Crown width:
1
m widest
Planting distance:
50
cm
Row distance:
100
cm
Growing speed:
medium
fastest
Shade tolerance:
full sun
umbra

Roots

Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
deep
hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
M-fungi
N-fixing:
not able to
N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 0 - 0 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
7
Years fastest
Lifespan:
12
Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration

Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: specials
Pollinators:
specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: specials
Invasiveness: weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment

Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 450 m 900m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: -3°C 20°C 30°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 1,000 mm 1200 mm 1,400 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 6.0 7.8 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
tropical

Seeds

Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
0
months
Seed weight:
0
0
seeds/kg

Tolerances

Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
a bit tolerant
tolerants
Wind tolerance:
tolerants
Fire tolerance:
tolerants

Pests and Diseases

Pests:
  • Bemisia argentifolii
  • Bemisia tabaci

Diseases:

Propagation instruction

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