Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortHagenia abyssinica
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental |
| 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 | 5 | 36 | Soil texture | medium | medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 1600 | 400 | 1800 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 20 | 20 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 1800 | 4300 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | fire | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 120 | 180 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| medicinal | roots | |
| medicinal | flowers | |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | stems |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | firebreaks | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | leaves |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |