Katuk (*Sauropus androgynus*) – Fruta de Pan – Field

🔤 English name: Katuk

🔬 Latin name: Sauropus androgynus

📍 Location

Project: Finca Yuyo

Quarter: south-west

Sixteenth: Fruta de Pan – Field

Location Details: “Two clearly defined strips south of the large breadfruit tree, which we have preserved and gradually domesticated from a formerly massive, wild, and aggressively spreading katuk field. Previously listed as No. 106.”

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Patch

🔎 Visible Characteristics

We need to make more research here, not enough data available, will be addes soon.

🗓️ Planted

2020-01-01

🌱 Propagation Method

✨ Not known, maybe birds / wind / previous owners

➕🌱 Our Replanting Plans

“No replanting required – the plant is so vigorously invasive that it thrives and spreads even though we harvest salad from it nearly every day.”

🩺 Health Status – General Condition

good

🩺🪲 Health Status – Pests and Diseases

nothing observed

🚨 Care Plan – Immediate Actions

nothing planned

🔄🧑‍🌾 Care Plan – Regular Tasks

“Leaves are harvested frequently for salads. We also keep the boundary lines clear so the patch remains accessible from all sides and the plants don’t get a chance to turn woody

🗒️ Notes

Some rootstocks may be over 5 years old, continually sprouting new growth