Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcacia caffra
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, ornamentals/turf, forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 35 | 10 | 40 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 900 | 400 | 2000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 26 | 24 | 32 | 34 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| material | honey | flowers |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | protein | fruits |