Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortAcacia auriculiformis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | single stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | forest/wood |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on large scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 24 | 32 | 10 | 40 | Soil texture | heavy, medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
| Rainfall (annual) | 1200 | 2500 | 500 | 5000 | Soil fertility | low | low |
| Latitude | 10 | 7 | 17 | 20 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 600 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | medium (4-10 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9.5 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | clear skies | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | fire, drought | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 180 | 240 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | other material/chemicals | bark |
| material | paper | bark |
| non-vertebrate food | minerals | leaves |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |
| fuels | charcoal | bark |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |
| environmental | revegetation | entire plant |
| environmental | agroforestry | entire plant |
| environmental | erosion control | entire plant |