Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCarapa guianensis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | deep (>>150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 30 | 15 | 38 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1900 | 4000 | 1500 | 4500 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 15 | 20 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | fire | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| high | low | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | paper | bark |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| medicinal | immune system applications | stems |
| medicinal | skin applications | leaves |
| medicinal | immune system applications | fruits |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | leaves |
| poison | insects | seeds |