Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcacia senegal
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | pulses (grain legumes), forage/pasture, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, 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 | deep (>>150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 24 | 32 | 14 | 48 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 300 | 800 | 200 | 2300 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 11 | 11 | 18 | 18 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1700 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -4 | 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 |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | protein | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| material | gums/resins | stems |
| material | honey | flowers |
| material | fibres | roots |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | essential oils | seeds |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | roots |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | roots |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | pioneer | entire plant |
| environmental | revegetation | entire plant |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |