🌾 Crop
ANX-CROP-0000258
Gesho
Rhamnus prinoides
Also known as Shiny-leaf Buckthorn (English), Espino cerval de hoja brillante (Spanish), Afrikanischer Faulbaum (German)
An Ethiopian shrub whose leaves and stems are used to flavor and ferment traditional honey wine (tej) and beer.
- Species
- Rhamnus prinoides
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Climate requirements
- Adapted to cool
- Temperature range
- 14-22°C (absolute 8-32°C)
- Rainfall range
- 600-1000mm (absolute 500-1200mm)
- Altitude range
- 2000m
- Soil types
- humid Ethiopian highland climates.
- Soil pH
- 5.5-6.5 (absolute 5-7)
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