Makindu palm - Phoenix reclinata ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Commelinoids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Sub-family: Coryphoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Phoenix reclinata
Common name: Makindu palm

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Ein Gedi, Israel - 15 August 2016 (more photos)

Origin
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East Africa
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
fruit
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
450ρ 600ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 2 credits 4,500 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • fruit
  • fuel
  • fodder
  • timber
  • gum/resin
  • tannin
  • alcohol
  • ornamental
  • ornamental

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Plant Details
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Ein Gedi, Israel - 15 August 2016 (more photos)

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
11
 m tallest
Crown width:
8
 m widest
Planting distance:
300
 cm
Row distance:
900
 cm
Growing speed:
medium
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
full sun
 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: 5 - 6 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
30
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
45
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

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

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 1500 m 3,000m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: -4°C 10°C 30°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 500 mm 1000 mm 1,500 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.5 7.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
sand
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
200
 months
Seed weight:
700
900
 seeds/kg

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

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Diseases:

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Additional Photos
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