Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortZiziphus mauritiana
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood |
| 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. | 25 | 42 | 7 | 50 | Soil texture | medium, light | wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 300 | 1500 | 130 | 4000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 40 | 45 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1800 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7.5 | 5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -15 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | humidity |
| 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 |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| material | dye/tannin | fruits |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |
| medicinal | skin applications | roots |
| medicinal | skin applications | leaves |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | stems |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | stems |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | roots |
| poison | fish | entire plant |
| non-vertebrate food | minerals | leaves |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |