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Diospyros melanoxylon

Description
Life form	shrub, tree	Physiology	evergreen, semi evergreen, deciduous, single stem, multi stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	25	35	8	48	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light, wide, organic
Rainfall (annual)	800	1200	500	1500	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	10	10	30	30	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	900	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	7	5	7.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	light shade

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-5	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.	drought	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	240	330
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	fruits
food & beverage	minerals	fruits
food & beverage	vitamins	seeds
food & beverage	minerals	seeds
animal food (feed)	protein	leaves
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
material	timber wood	bark
medicinal	nervous system applications	seeds
medicinal	blood system applications	fruits
medicinal	genitourinary system applications	flowers
medicinal	skin applications	flowers
medicinal	blood system applications	flowers
medicinal	digestive system applications	stems
environmental	living fence	entire plant