Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortMelia volkensii
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, materials, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 28 | 16 | 32 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, wide | heavy, medium, light, wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 500 | 800 | 300 | 1000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 10 | 10 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 350 | 1680 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | 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 |
| animal food (feed) | lipids | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | protein | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | lipids | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | protein | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | honey | flowers |
| poison | insects | leaves |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |