Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortHevea brasiliensis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, materials, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 24 | 33 | 10 | 45 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 2000 | 4000 | 1200 | 6000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 10 | 15 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 4.5 | 6 | 3.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-culture | cocoa, coffee | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | latex/rubber | exudates |
| food & beverage | lipids | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| poison | mammals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | lipids | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | seeds |
| material | honey | flowers |
| material | fibres | bark |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | seeds |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |