Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortElaeis guineensis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forage/pasture, materials |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale, grown on small scale, harvested from wild |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | medium (50-150 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 20 | 35 | 12 | 38 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1500 | 3000 | 1000 | 8000 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | - | - | 10 | 20 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1300 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 4.5 | 6 | 3.2 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | cloudy skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | wind | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | small scale (manual), large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 300 | 365 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| inter-cropping | maize, yams, millet, cassava, cowpea, cocoyams, groundnuts, bananas | |||
| inter-cropping | Calopogonium mucunoides, Centrosema pubescens, Pueraria phaseoloides | |||
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| food & beverage | lipids | fruits |
| food & beverage | vitamins | fruits |
| food & beverage | protein | fruits |
| food & beverage | lipids | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | seeds |
| food & beverage | protein | seeds |
| food & beverage | vitamins | flowers |
| food additive | sweetener | flowers |
| animal food (feed) | lipids | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | vitamins | fruits |
| animal food (feed) | protein | shoots |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | fruits |
| material | cosmetics & perfumery | fruits |
| material | waxes | fruits |
| material | lipids/oil & fats | seeds |
| material | cosmetics & perfumery | seeds |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | soil improvers | leaves |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | fruits |
| fuels | petroleum substitutes/alcohol | seeds |