Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcacia cowleana
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, forest/wood, environmental, weed |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 24 | 35 | 12 | 45 | Soil texture | light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 250 | 400 | 200 | 500 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 19 | 17 | 25 | 27 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 100 | 650 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8 | 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 | desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 75 | 150 | |
| 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 |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |