Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortManilkara zapota
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | fruits & nuts, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 34 | 11 | 42 | Soil texture | medium | wide |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 1500 | 400 | 2000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 28 | 34 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 2500 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 7 | 5.5 | 8.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | cloudy skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -1 | Killing temp. early growth | -1 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual) | Crop cycle | 180 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | minerals | fruits |
| food & beverage | protein | fruits |
| material | latex/rubber | exudates |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| medicinal | immune system applications | seeds |
| medicinal | immune system applications | stems |
| medicinal | digestive system applications | stems |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |