Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcacia shirleyi
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 18 | 36 | 10 | 43 | Soil texture | light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 650 | 400 | 750 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 14 | 14 | 28 | 28 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 50 | 350 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 4.5 | 6.5 | 4 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 140 | 300 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |