Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcacia salicina
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 24 | 30 | 6 | 36 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 400 | 600 | 300 | 700 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 20 | 19 | 28 | 37 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | high (>10 dS/m)) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 120 | 240 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | protein | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | fruits |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | windbreak | entire plant |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |