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Sapium sebiferum

Description
Life form	tree	Physiology	deciduous, single stem
Habit	erect	Category	materials, environmental, weed
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.	20	28	10	32	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	700	1500	500	2500	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	25	10	32	50	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	-	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	5.5	7.5	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	cloudy skies	very bright	light shade

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-10	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	150	180
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
material	dye/tannin
material	waxes
material	honey	flowers
environmental	erosion control	entire plant
environmental	soil improvers	leaves
environmental	agroforestry	entire plant
poison	mammals	exudates
fuels	petroleum substitutes/alcohol	seeds