Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcacia aneura
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, 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. | 20 | 34 | 8 | 46 | Soil texture | light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 250 | 450 | 150 | 550 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 20 | 18 | 32 | 34 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| 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 | -7 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 60 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |