Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortHymenaea courbaril
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental |
| 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. | 20 | 30 | 16 | 36 | Soil texture | light | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 3000 | 1200 | 3500 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | - | - | 25 | 30 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 900 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 4.8 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | clear skies | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf) | Photoperiod | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | drought, flooding | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 240 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-culture | coffee | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | sugar | fruits |
| food & beverage | lipids | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | seeds |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | gums/resins | bark |
| material | gums/resins | roots |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | exudates |