Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCaryodendron orinocense
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, materials, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental |
| 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) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 29 | 12 | 35 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1200 | 3000 | 800 | 5000 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 15 | 15 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2300 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear 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 | 180 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | fruits |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | stems |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| medicinal | seeds | |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |