Characteristics of soils sown with Jamaican flower (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.)
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Farming of Jamaican flower (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) is being intensified in Cuba. Recently, a workshop was carried out for the production of flowers and products of this plant. It is a versatile species, resistant to drought and diseases, whose propagation is essential due to the importance both for nutrition and for medicinal purposes. Many properties of this plant have been identified to face human diseases as diabetes, high blood pressure, anti-parasitical properties and for nourishment like the Jamaican water as a refreshing drink, as infusion, wine, oils and fodders from their seeds for animals feeding. Since Cuba turn out to be a mosaic of tropical soils it is necessary to study the soil conditions needed for this culture, and this became the objective of the present work. Starting from experiences achieved in INIFAT with Ferralitic, Sialitic Brown and some Vertisol soils, it have been studied the characteristic of the profiles, the agrochemical sampling, the culture management and the yields achieved in each condition. The facts indicate bests results with water pH between 7,3 and 7,7, medium values of organic matter around 3,0 %, exchangeable calcium content between 11,0 and 19,0 and exchangeable magnesium between 1,0 and 4,0 (cmol.kg-1). Those are deep red soils, with profile ABtC, clayey, with a higher clay contain in horizon B. Due to the properties of those soils the Jamaican flower can be grown without great restrictions for reaching good yields, surrounding 15 t.ha-1 of fresh calices, and 1,89 of dry ones.
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