Plant Catalog · Sintropia

okra

Abelmoschus esculentus

African annual fruit-vegetable widely cultivated in Brazilian SAFs. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the 'up to 6 months' bin (placenta_1). ...

mangium

Acacia mangium

Secondary I Emergent Fertilizer & mulch 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Extremely fast-growing nitrogen-fixing legume, central in syntropic systems as a producer of both cover and fertilizer biomass. Pasini classifies i...

monjoleiro

Acacia polyphylla

Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Pioneer legume native to the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado. Medium-to-tall tree (10–20 m), fine compound leaves. Very rapid growth — structural speci...

toothache plant

Acmella oleracea

Placenta I Ground cover No biomass production

A low-growing annual or short-lived perennial herb of Amazonian origin, with edible leaves and yellow inflorescences that produce a characteristic ...

macauba palm

Acrocomia aculeata

Secondary II Emergent Mulch biomass

Native palm of the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest, distributed from Bahia to Paraná. Spiny stipe 10–20 m. Orange-yellow fruits with yellow pulp and an...

kiwifruit

Actinidia deliciosa

Secondary II Medium No biomass production

Woody vine native to southern China. Cultivated above 600 m altitude in southern and southeastern Brazil (RS, SC, PR, MG, SP). Requires chill hours...

century plant

Agave americana

Placenta I Ground cover Mulch biomass

Pivotal species of the accumulation phase on exhausted soils. Rebello describes its use in Chapada dos Veadeiros: planted at 20 cm spacing on near-...

sisal

Agave sisalana

Placenta II Low Mulch biomass

Xerophytic agave domesticated in Mesoamerica and produced at scale in Bahia. Rebello lists it among species adapted to very dry Caatinga environmen...

siris tree

Albizia lebbeck

Secondary II High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

A fast-growing, drought-tolerant leguminous tree of 18-30 m, native to tropical Asia and now pantropical. It fixes nitrogen readily and coppices ex...

leek

Allium ampeloprasum

Placenta I Medium No biomass production

Biennial Allium grown for its white pseudostem. Pasini lists it in the medium stratum of Tabela 3. Tolerates moist soils and partial shade well.

onion

Allium cepa

Placenta I Low No biomass production

Cultivated Allium bulb. Pasini lists it in the medium stratum of Tabela 3. Flowering attracts pollinators; leaves and bulbs can be harvested separa...

Welsh onion

Allium fistulosum

Placenta I Ground cover No biomass production

Perennial clumping Allium widely used as a culinary herb. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 (Brazilian use is in the low stratum). Pr...

purple amaranth

Amaranthus cruentus

Placenta I High Fertilizer biomass

Highly nutritious annual pseudocereal. Embrapa CT-16 lists it as a fodder species alongside gliricídia. Planted as a second-season crop after summe...

slender amaranth

Amaranthus viridis

Placenta I Low Mulch biomass

An erect annual herb in the Amaranthaceae, widely distributed in the American tropics and cosmopolitan as a volunteer. It grows about 0.3–0.8 m tal...

amburana

Amburana cearensis

Climax High Mulch biomass

Premium-timber leguminous tree native to Caatinga, Cerrado, and dry Atlantic Forest. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. ...

dwarf early-bearing cashew

Anacardium occidentale

Secondary II High No biomass production

Embrapa dwarf early-bearing cashew clones — 4–6 m height vs. 8–15 m of common cashew. First fruits at 18–24 months (vs. 4 years for the common cash...

cashew

Anacardium occidentale

Secondary II High No biomass production

Native fruit tree of the Cerrado and Caatinga; produces a pseudofruit (the cashew apple) and the true cashew nut. Pasini lists it in the emergent s...

cebil

Anadenanthera colubrina

Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Fast-growing pioneer legume, nitrogen fixer. Adapted to poor and degraded soils; widely used in restoration of degraded areas across Caatinga, Cerr...

pineapple

Ananas comosus

Placenta II Low No biomass production

Perennial bromeliad cultivated in the low stratum of syntropic systems. Pasini lists it in the low stratum of Tabela 3. Fruits in ~22–24 months; re...

pérola pineapple

Ananas comosus

Placenta II Ground cover No biomass production

Dominant cultivar in Brazil's domestic market. Erect plants with long spiny leaves, long peduncle, conical fruits weighing 1.0–1.5 kg, aromatic whi...

brs imperial pineapple

Ananas comosus

Placenta II Ground cover No biomass production

Embrapa hybrid cultivar ('Perolera' × 'Smooth Cayenne'). Spineless dark-green leaves. Crowned fruit ~1.2 kg (up to 1.5 kg). Resistant to fusariosis...

smooth cayenne pineapple

Ananas comosus

Placenta II Ground cover No biomass production

World's export leader until MD-2 arrived. Leaves nearly spineless. Cylindrical fruits 1.5–2.0 kg, yellow-orange skin, firm yellow flesh rich in sug...

atemoya

Annona × atemoya

Secondary I Medium No biomass production

Hybrid of sugar apple (A. squamosa) and cherimoya (A. cherimola), created in the US in the early 1900s and introduced to Brazil in the 1960s. Combi...

wild sweetsop

Annona cacans

Secondary II High Mulch biomass

Native Atlantic Forest and Cerrado species, medium tree (8–15 m). Large fruits (up to 1.5 kg) with sweetish yellow flesh but a laxative effect (ori...