Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortErythrina variegata
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 17 | 27 | 10 | 34 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 2500 | 500 | 3000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 25 | 25 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 7 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | wind, coastal salt spray | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | firebreaks | entire plant |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |
| environmental | support | entire plant |
| environmental | windbreak | entire plant |
| medicinal | stems | |