Merkus pine - Pinus merkusii ( edit )

Botany

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

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Origin

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South East Asia
(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
530ρ 560ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 4.25 credits 5,100 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • timber
  • gum/resin
  • fuel
  • ornamental

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Plant Details

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Crown

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
60
m tallest
Crown width:
22
m widest
Planting distance:
600
cm
Row distance:
600
cm
Growing speed:
fast
fastest
Shade tolerance:
full sun
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: 18 - 22 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
25
Years fastest
Lifespan:
300
Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration

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

Environment

Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 1000 m 2,000m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 6°C 21°C 28°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 1,000 mm 2250 mm 3,500 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 4.5 6.0 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
sand
Climate:
tropical

Seeds

Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
30
months
Seed weight:
55,000
65,000
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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