Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortMauritia flexuosa
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, materials, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 22 | 30 | 18 | 34 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 2000 | 4500 | 1100 | 6300 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 10 | 10 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 970 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 4 | 5 | 3.5 | 5.5 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | 10 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | flooding | 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 |
| material | fibres | bark |
| material | gums/resins | |
| food additive | sweetener | |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |