Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortInga edulis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 23 | 30 | 18 | 35 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1200 | 2500 | 640 | 4000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 10 | 26 | Soil Al. tox | low (6-15% of CEC) | high (<5% of CEC) |
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2200 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| 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 | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden, small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| alley cropping | rice | low | high | |
| fallow | ||||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | sugar | fruits |
| food & beverage | protein | fruits |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | leaves |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | stems |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | stems |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | roots |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | leaves |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |
| environmental | mulch | leaves |