Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortSesbania grandiflora
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, vegetables, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, 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 | 34 | 16 | 40 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 3000 | 800 | 4500 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 10 | 20 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 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 | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 270 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Panicum maximum | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | vitamins | flowers |
| food & beverage | minerals | flowers |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| material | paper | stems |
| material | fibres | stems |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| material | gums/resins | exudates |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| medicinal | leaves | |
| medicinal | flowers | |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | leaves |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | revegetation | entire plant |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | windbreak | entire plant |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| environmental | support | entire plant |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |