Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAvicennia germinans
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, materials, forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 30 | 10 | 35 | Soil texture | heavy | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 2500 | 1000 | 4000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 10 | 10 | 30 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 50 | Soil salinity | medium (4-10 dS/m) | high (>10 dS/m)) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7 | 6 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding, coastal salt spray | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 240 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | honey | flowers |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| material | gums/resins | stems |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| poison | mammals | seeds |