Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortFicus benghalensis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, semi evergreen |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, forest/wood, environmental, weed |
| 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. | 26 | 36 | 9 | 40 | Soil texture | medium, light | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 2500 | 500 | 4000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 10 | 10 | 30 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | 500 | 1200 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -2 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. | can become a weed |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |