Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortParkinsonia aculeata
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, ornamentals/turf, forest/wood, environmental, weed |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 24 | 32 | 16 | 36 | Soil texture | light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 300 | 700 | 200 | 1000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 20 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2400 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), 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 | -4 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 120 | 210 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | protein | fruits |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |