Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortBrachychiton acerifolius
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | ornamentals/turf, forest/wood |
| 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. | 26 | 32 | 10 | 36 | Soil texture | medium | medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1400 | 1900 | 1300 | 2000 | Soil fertility | moderate | moderate |
| Latitude | 15 | 13 | 34 | 36 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 800 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | subtropical humid (Cf) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -5 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 120 | 300 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |