Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortGuaiacum officinale
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub, tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 22 | 28 | 20 | 34 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 2000 | 500 | 3000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 10 | 10 | 25 | 25 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 100 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | 1 | Killing temp. early growth | 1 |
| Abiotic toler. | wind, drought, coastal salt spray | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 365 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | gums/resins | bark |
| material | gums/resins | stems |
| medicinal | dental applications | bark |
| medicinal | dental applications | stems |
| medicinal | blood system applications | bark |
| medicinal | blood system applications | stems |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | bark |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | stems |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |