Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortErythrina edulis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | deciduous, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | pulses (grain legumes), forage/pasture, 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) | deep (>>150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 15 | 22 | 5 | 25 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light, wide | heavy, medium, light, wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 600 | 1500 | 450 | 1800 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 3200 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-planting | coffee, cacao, pepper, betel, grape | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | protein | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | protein | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | fruits |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| medicinal | skin applications | stems |
| medicinal | genitourinary system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | sensory applications | flowers |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| environmental | living fence | entire plant |
| environmental | support | entire plant |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |
| environmental | pioneer | entire plant |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | leaves |