Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortTamarindus indica
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 35 | 12 | 45 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 3000 | 300 | 4500 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 15 | 20 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | high (>10 dS/m)) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -3 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden, large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 70 | 210 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | starch | fruits |
| food & beverage | protein | fruits |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| material | gums/resins | exudates |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| material | dye/tannin | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| poison | insects | fruits |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | fruits |
| medicinal | skin applications | fruits |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | leaves |
| medicinal | skin applications | leaves |
| medicinal | blood system applications | stems |