Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCeiba pentandra
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, materials, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 17 | 38 | 12 | 40 | Soil texture | medium | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 2500 | 750 | 3000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 15 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 900 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 270 | 330 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | lipids | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | protein | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | lipids | seeds |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| material | fibres | seeds |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |