Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortCoffea arabica
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | shrub | Physiology | evergreen, multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 14 | 28 | 10 | 34 | Soil texture | medium, organic | medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1400 | 2300 | 750 | 4200 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 5 | - | 10 | 27 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2800 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5.5 | 7 | 4.3 | 8.4 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry winter (Cw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. | susceptible to nematodes |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 210 | 330 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| alley cropping | beans, Pigeon peas, yams, sweet potatoes, cassava, vegetables, pineapples, bananas | |||
| inter-cropping | macadamia nuts, Leucaena leucocephylla, cardamom, pepper, 'coorg' mandarin | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | minerals | seeds |
| food additive | condiment/seasoning | seeds |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | minerals | fruits |
| environmental | soil improvers | fruits |
| environmental | soil improvers | stems |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | cosmetics & perfumery | seeds |
| material | dye/tannin | fruits |
| poison | dicot. | entire plant |
| medicinal | sensory applications | seeds |
| medicinal | nervous system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | muscular/skeletal applications | seeds |
| medicinal | endocrine system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | leaves | |