Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortBrachychiton populneus
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, semi evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 25 | 32 | 13 | 38 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 450 | 750 | 250 | 1000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 17.5 | 17.5 | 37 | 37 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 7 | 8 | 6.5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 90 | 120 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | flowers |
| material | fibres | bark |
| material | timber wood | bark |