Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAstrocaryum vulgare
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 28 | 18 | 30 | Soil texture | medium | medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1300 | 1800 | 1000 | 3000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 9 | 10 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 150 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | 2 | Killing temp. early growth | 2 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | protein | fruits |
| food & beverage | lipids | fruits |
| food & beverage | sugar | fruits |
| food & beverage | vitamins | bulbs |
| food & beverage | seeds | |
| food & beverage | leaves | |
| material | fibres | leaves |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| medicinal | sensory applications | fruits |