Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortBombax ceiba
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | semi evergreen, deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 28 | 42 | 5 | 49 | Soil texture | medium | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 750 | 4000 | 500 | 5000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 5 | 5 | 25 | 25 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 7.2 | 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 | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -3 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | fire, drought | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 210 | 330 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | fibres | |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| material | timber wood | bark |