Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortSwietenia mahogani
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, semi evergreen, deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental |
| 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. | 24 | 32 | 16 | 36 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light, wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 2000 | 800 | 2500 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 15 | 15 | 28 | 28 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 240 | 330 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | stems |
| medicinal | nutritional applications | stems |
| medicinal | blood system applications | stems |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |