Echinochloa turneriana
Echinochloa turneriana
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
A plant of the dry, lowland tropics to subtropics, where it is found at elevations up to 200 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 22 - 30°c, but can tolerate 15 - 35°c[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 300 - 375mm, but tolerates 250 - 2,000mm[1]. Requires a sunny position[1]. Succeeds in shallow, preferably fertile, soils[1]. Plants are not very tolerant of drought[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 7 - 8, tolerating 6.5 - 8.5[1]. The seed will not sprout unless there has been heavy rain and the soil has been flooded. It is then able to grow to maturity and ripen a seed crop even if there is no more rain[2, 1].
Propagation
Seed - it will not germinate until the soil in which it is found has been flooded[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Echinochloa+turneriana>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
- [2]Cornucopia II — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications, California. · 1998 · ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 ↩︎The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.