Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAlnus nepalensis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, forest/wood, environmental |
| 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. | 15 | 28 | 4 | 36 | Soil texture | medium | light, wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 2000 | 500 | 2500 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | 15 | 15 | 28 | 35 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 3000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | Soil drainage | 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), 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 | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | wind | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 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 |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |