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RODRIGUEZ FERRADA, Carlos A; HECHEVARRIA SOSA, Isabel  e  FUENTES FIALLO, Víctor R. Fecha y distancia de plantación en el cultivo del tilo (Justicia pectoralis Jacq. var. stenophylla Leonard). Rev Cubana Plant Med [online]. 2003, vol.8, n.1. ISSN 1028-4796.

The cultivation of medicinal plants is an excellent way to obtain a raw drug with the necessary requirements to use it as a source of raw materials in the production of phytodrugs and to use it also as a drug of vegetable origin. In order to determine the best date and the optimum distance to plant linden (Justicia pectoralis Jacq. var. Stenophylla Leonard), it was evaluated the yielding in fresh foliage of the cultivation in beds with a hydrated red ferriferous soil at "Dr. Juan Tomás Roig" Experimental Station of Medicinal Plants, in San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, in March and December. Linden was cultivated by a randomized block design with 3 replicas by treatment and 4 plantation frames composed of the combinations of 2 or 3 rows and distances between plants from 10 to 20 cm. 5 crops were obtained at a cut height of 10 cm. The first was attained 4 months after being planted and the rest at intervals of 2 months. March proved to be the best date for cultivation. The cultivation frame at 3 rows at any of the 2 distances used between plants was that of the highest yielding. The first three crops were the most productive.

Palavras-chave : PLANTS, MEDICINAL [growth and development].