Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortBaphia nitida
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 24 | 30 | 16 | 32 | Soil texture | medium | medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 2400 | 1300 | 4500 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 5 | - | 20 | 20 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | 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 | 270 | 330 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | dye/tannin | bark |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| medicinal | bark | |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |