Caribean pine - Pinus caribaea ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Sub-family: Pinoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Pinus caribaea
Common name: Caribean pine

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Thika, Kenya - 18 March 2016 (more photos)

Origin
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Caribeans
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
timber
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
good
400ρ 420ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 1.75 credits 4,300 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • mulch
  • timber
  • fuel
  • gum/resin
  • ornamental
  • tannin

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Plant Details

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
30
 m tallest
Crown width:
6
 m widest
Planting distance:
200
 cm
Row distance:
200
 cm
Growing speed:
fast
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
partial shade
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
shallow
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
ecto-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: 3 - 4 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
17
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
40
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: hermaphroditic
 specials
Pollinators:
wind
 specials
Allelopathy: allelopathic resists
Abscission: specials
Invasiveness: not invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 750 m 1,500m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 5°C 22°C 37°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 1,000 mm 2000 mm 3,000 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.0 5.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
75
 months
Seed weight:
140,000
146,000
 seeds/kg

Tolerances
Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Wind tolerance:
tolerants
Fire tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Diseases:

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Additional Photos
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