Kangkung @ Ipomea aquatica Monocot/dicot Sensitivity to temperature

End use/food use Life cycle Respiration Propagation Origin distribution

Monocot Frost-sensitive at < 10C. Optimal temperature 20-30C. Ambient Storage: 5 C Eaten raw, cooked, stir fried Annual 50 to 150 mg (28 to 85 L) CO2 kg h at 27 C Seed, stem cutting South East Asia, throughout tropical and subtropical, East Indian
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Family: kangkung: convolvulaceae Order:Solanales Butternut/pumpkin @ Cucurbita moschata Monocot/dicot Dicot Sensitivity to temperature Chilling sensitive at below < 10C. Storage 10-13C. End use/food use Cooked, toasted, pured for soups, or mashed Life cycle Annual -1 -1 Respiration 25 C at 61 to 121mg CO kg h
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Propagation Origin distribution

Seed Central America or northern South America

Kacang botol/winged bean @ Psophocarpus tetragonolobus Monocot/dicot Dicot Sensitivity to temperature Frost-sensitive End use/food use Cooked, almost all part are edible Life cycle Herbaceous perennial but can be grown as annual Respiration 200 mg CO2/kg-hr Propagation Seed, tuber Origin distribution Southeast Asia. Found out throughout hot, humid equatorial countries, from Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia to India, Burma, Thailand and Sri Lanka. Family: winged bean: Fabaceae Order: Fabales Family: winged bean: Fabaceae Order: Fabales

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