Chilean mesquite - Prosopis chilensis ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Sub-family: Mimosoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Prosopis chilensis
Common name: Chilean mesquite

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Origin
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Uses

Main use:
fuel
Harvest method:
hand picking
Shelf life:
long shelf life
Yield first season:
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Yield top season:
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Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
major food
Medicinal
bark
no effect
 - n/a -
medicals
Lipids ( )
inapplicable
?
liphids
Apiculture:
very good
 honey
Fruit:
low
 fruits
Nut:
low
 nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
good
700ρ 800ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 9.25 credits 4,900 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • nut
  • fruit
  • timber
  • fuel
  • fodder
  • apiculture
  • gum/resin
  • ornamental

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Plant Details

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
12
 m tallest
Crown width:
9
 m widest
Planting distance:
1,300
 cm
Row distance:
1,300
 cm
Growing speed:
very fast
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
full sun
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
shallow
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
M-fungi
N-fixing:
able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 3 - 6 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
15
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
90
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: specials
Pollinators:
insects
 specials
Allelopathy: allelopathic resists
Abscission: decidious in dry season specials
Invasiveness: a bit invasive weeds
Thorns: thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 340m 785 m 1,230m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: -8°C 7°C 45°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 350 mm 375 mm 400 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.5 8.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
sand
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
30
 months
Seed weight:
0
0
 seeds/kg

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

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Diseases:

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