Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortIrvingia gabonensis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, materials, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | deep (>>150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 25 | 32 | 20 | 38 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 3000 | 1200 | 3300 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 15 | 15 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 200 | 500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 7 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 365 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food additive | starch | seeds |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | fruits |
| medicinal | endocrine system applications | fruits |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | fruits |