Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcacia ancistrocarpa
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub | Physiology | deciduous, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 22 | 34 | 10 | 46 | Soil texture | light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 300 | 500 | 250 | 700 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 18 | 16 | 23 | 25 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |