Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortSantalum album
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, 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 | 10 | 38 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1400 | 450 | 3000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 20 | 20 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| 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. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 150 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | essential oils | bark |
| material | essential oils | roots |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| medicinal | bark | |
| medicinal | roots | |
| environmental | windbreak | entire plant |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | leaves |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |