Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortProsopis alba
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | semi evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental, weed |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 10 | 20 | 7 | 28 | Soil texture | light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 200 | 500 | 100 | 700 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 10 | 10 | 17 | 17 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -6 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | protein | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | protein | fruits |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| material | honey | flowers |
| material | gums/resins | bark |
| poison | bacteria | leaves |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | exudates |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | stems |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |