Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCratylia argentea
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect, prostrate/procumbent/semi-erect | Category | forage/pasture, 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. | 20 | 30 | 16 | 36 | Soil texture | medium | medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 3500 | 1000 | 4000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 180 | 1200 | Soil salinity | ||
| Soil PH | 4.5 | 6 | 3.8 | 7 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | 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 | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| phase planting | Panicum maximum, Brachiaria sp. | low | low | |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | protein | entire plant |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |