Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortMetroxylon sagu
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | vegetables, forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 25 | 36 | 18 | 40 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 3000 | 4500 | 2100 | 5800 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 700 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | 10 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| 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 | starch | bark |
| food & beverage | minerals | leaves |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| material | fibres | leaves |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | bark |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| fuels | alcohol | bark |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | bark |