African Jointfir vine - Gnetum africanum ( edit )

Botany

Clade: Gnetopsida
Order: Gnetophyta
Family: Gnetaceae
Sub-family: Gnetoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Gnetum africanum
Common name: African Jointfir vine

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Origin

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Zaire
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
vegetable
Harvest method:
Shelf life:
Yield first season:
Yield top season:
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
Medicinal
medicals
Lipids ( )
liphids
Apiculture:
honey
Fruit:
fruits
Nut:
nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
timber
Fuel: stem / wood -3.75 credits 0 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • fruit
  • oil
  • nut
  • ornamental
  • alcohol

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Plant Details

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Crown

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
10
m tallest
Crown width:
1
m widest
Planting distance:
100
cm
Row distance:
100
cm
Growing speed:
medium
fastest
Shade tolerance:
shade tolerant
umbra

Roots

Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
deep
hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
M-fungi
N-fixing:
not able to
N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 0 - 0 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
7
Years fastest
Lifespan:
12
Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration

Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: dioecious
specials
Pollinators:
moths
specials
Allelopathy: resists
Abscission: specials
Invasiveness: weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment

Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 600 m 1,200m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 12°C 20°C 30°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 2,200 mm 3600 mm 5,000 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 4.5 6.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
tropical

Seeds

Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
recalcitrant
Seed viability:
30
months
Seed weight:
1,300
1,500
seeds/kg

Tolerances

Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
intolerant
tolerants
Wind tolerance:
tolerants
Fire tolerance:
tolerants

Pests and Diseases

Pests:
Diseases:

Propagation instruction

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Seeds Market

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Additional Photos

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