Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcacia catechu
Description | |||
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Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood |
Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale, harvested from wild |
Ecology | |||||||
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Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
Temperat. requir. | 25 | 35 | 7 | 48 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 2100 | 500 | 3800 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
Latitude | 25 | 25 | 30 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
Soil PH | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies |
Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
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Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
Introduction risks. |
Cultivation | ||||
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Min | Max | |||
Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 270 | |
Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
Uses | ||
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Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
non-vertebrate food | vitamins | leaves |
non-vertebrate food | minerals | leaves |
material | timber wood | bark |
material | dye/tannin | bark |
fuels | fuelwood | bark |
fuels | charcoal | bark |
medicinal | stems | |
medicinal | seeds | |
medicinal | exudates |