Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortLeucaena diversifolia
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 18 | 30 | 8 | 36 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 700 | 1500 | 500 | 4000 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
| Latitude | 10 | 10 | 20 | 20 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1800 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | 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 | 180 | 365 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | entire plant |
| environmental | mulch | leaves |
| environmental | manure/fertilizer | leaves |
| environmental | nitrogen fixation | roots |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | leaves |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | leaves |
| material | paper | bark |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |