Tamarugo tree - Prosopis tamarugo ( edit )

Botany

Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Sub-family: Mimosoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Prosopis tamarugo
Common name: Tamarugo tree

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Origin

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Andes
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
fodder
Harvest method:
pruning
Shelf life:
no shelf life
Yield first season:
Yield top season:
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
beverage
Medicinal
bark
no effect
- n/a -
medicals
Lipids ( )
inapplicable
liphids
Apiculture:
good
honey
Fruit:
inedible
fruits
Nut:
inedible
nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
good
890ρ 940ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 9.5 credits 4,600 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • ornamental
  • apiculture
  • timber
  • fuel
  • fodder
  • fertilization

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Plant Details

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Crown

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
18
m tallest
Crown width:
12
m widest
Planting distance:
900
cm
Row distance:
900
cm
Growing speed:
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 - 5 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
30
Years fastest
Lifespan:
400
Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration

Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: bi-sexual
specials
Pollinators:
bees
specials
Allelopathy: a bit allelopathic resists
Abscission: decidious in winter specials
Invasiveness: very invasive weeds
Thorns: thorns fencers

Environment

Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 1,000m 1250 m 1,500m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: -12°C 10°C 25°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 50 mm 225 mm 400 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 6.0 8.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
tropical

Seeds

Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
600
months
Seed weight:
20,000
26,000
seeds/kg

Tolerances

Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
very tolerant
tolerants
Wind tolerance:
tolerants
Fire tolerance:
intolerant
tolerants

Pests and Diseases

Pests:
Diseases:

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