Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortEuterpe oleracea
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, vegetables, ornamentals/turf |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 22 | 28 | 16 | 32 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1800 | 2300 | 1200 | 3000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 25 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 3000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | 5 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | vitamins | bulbs |
| food & beverage | minerals | bulbs |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | protein | seeds |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| environmental | soil improvers | seeds |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |