Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortBurkea africana
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, materials, medicinals & aromatic, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 14 | 36 | 8 | 44 | Soil texture | light | light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 650 | 850 | 600 | 900 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 22 | 25 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 600 | 1370 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 7 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -8 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | fire | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | sap | |
| material | dye/tannin | roots |
| material | dye/tannin | fruits |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | honey | flowers |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | stems |
| medicinal | skin applications | stems |
| medicinal | sensory applications | roots |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | roots |
| medicinal | respiratory applications | roots |