Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortButea monosperma
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 38 | 10 | 48 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 3000 | 600 | 5000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 30 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), 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), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -4 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 240 | 300 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| non-vertebrate food | vitamins | leaves |
| non-vertebrate food | minerals | leaves |
| material | fibres | stems |
| material | gums/resins | exudates |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | seeds |
| fuels | non-wood fuel | leaves |
| medicinal | endocrine system applications | flowers |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | exudates |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| poison | insects | seeds |
| poison | fungi | seeds |