Star gooseberry - Phyllanthus acidus ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Sub-family: Phyllanthoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Phyllanthus acidus
Common name: Star gooseberry

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Origin
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Amazone
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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
590ρ 610ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 3.5 credits 4,900 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • fruit
  • timber
  • fuel
  • poison/herbicide
  • tannin
  • ornamental

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Plant Details

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
10
 m tallest
Crown width:
6
 m widest
Planting distance:
800
 cm
Row distance:
800
 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: 0 - 0 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
40
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
60
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: monoecious
 specials
Pollinators:
bees
 specials
Allelopathy: allelopathic resists
Abscission: specials
Invasiveness: a bit invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 500 m 1,000m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 6°C 21°C 32°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 700 mm 2450 mm 4,200 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 6.0 8.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
sand
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
recalcitrant
Seed viability:
150
 months
Seed weight:
900
5,000
 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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