Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortBactris gasipaes
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 18 | 28 | 12 | 35 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 2000 | 4000 | 1500 | 6000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | 17 | 16 | 23 | 26 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | fire, compete with companion crops | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| ley cropping | ||||
| inter-cropping | low | high | ||
| inter-cropping | low | high | ||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | vitamins | exudates |
| food & beverage | vitamins | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | vitamins | flowers |
| material | fibres | bark |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | fruits |