Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortDacryodes edulis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, materials, ornamentals/turf, 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) | deep (>>150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 14 | 35 | 18 | 28 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1200 | 3000 | 1000 | 5000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6.5 | 4 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | light shade | clear skies | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | not sensitive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden, small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-planting | cocoa | |||
| inter-cropping | maize, plantain, cassava | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | protein | seeds |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | gums/resins | stems |
| material | dye/tannin | leaves |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | fruits |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | bark |
| material | essential oils | stems |
| medicinal | skin applications | stems |
| medicinal | immune system applications | stems |
| medicinal | blood system applications | stems |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | stems |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | stems |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |