Plant Catalog · Sintropia

yellow yam

Dioscorea cayennensis

Placenta II Medium No biomass production

Tuber-bearing climber cultivated in the medium stratum of syntropic systems. Pasini lists yam in the medium stratum of Tabela 3 and in the '1 to 3 ...

cush-cush yam

Dioscorea trifida

Placenta II Low Fertilizer biomass

Native Amazonian yam, tuberous vine with purple-skinned tubers and colored flesh. Delicate flavor, prized in regional cuisine. Highly productive ev...

tonka bean

Dipteryx odorata

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Emergent Amazonian tree (15–30 m), relative of baru (Dipteryx alata, already in canon but Cerrado). Seeds (beans) with intense vanilla-coumarin aro...

African oil palm

Elaeis guineensis

Secondary II Emergent No biomass production

African palm cultivated mainly for oil (palm oil). Rebello & Sakamoto (2019) report Götsch testing oil palm in multi-strata silvopastoral systems a...

araza

Eugenia stipitata

Secondary II Medium No biomass production

Amazonian native fruit with very acidic, aromatic orange-yellow pulp (high vitamin C), excellent for juices, ice creams, and jams. EcoAgri lists it...

açaí palm

Euterpe oleracea

Secondary II High No biomass production

Amazonian native multi-stemmed palm. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and cites it explicitly among Abundance-system species. Fruit ...

flemingia

Flemingia macrophylla

Placenta II Low Mulch biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

A perennial, woody, deep-rooted leguminous shrub up to 2.5 m tall, native to the humid tropics of Asia. It fixes nitrogen and is widely used in con...

achacha

Garcinia humilis

Secondary II Medium No biomass production

Amazonian fruit tree of Bolivian origin, related to bacuri and mangosteen. Medium small tree (4–8 m), dense columnar canopy, glossy leaves. Orange ...

mangosteen

Garcinia mangostana

Secondary II Medium No biomass production

Asian tropical fruit introduced to Brazil, known as the 'queen of fruits' for the flavor of its white pulp. Pasini lists it in the medium stratum o...

genipa

Genipa americana

Climax High No biomass production

Pan-Brazilian native fruit (Cerrado, MA, Amazonia, Pantanal). EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. Edible fruit and source...

soybean

Glycine max

Placenta I Low Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Annual nitrogen-fixing legume (associates with Bradyrhizobium japonicum) — tall varieties Sambaíba and Tracajá were tested by Rebello & Sakamoto (2...

guadua

Guadua angustifolia

Secondary I Emergent Mulch biomass

A woody clumping bamboo native to Central and South America, regarded as the finest structural bamboo of the Americas. It forms straight, strong cu...

mangaba

Hancornia speciosa

Secondary II Medium

Evergreen to semi-deciduous tree 2–10 m tall, characteristic of Brazilian Cerrado and coastal tablelands. Considered one of Brazil's priority 'Plan...

pink lapacho

Handroanthus impetiginosus

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Emergent tree native to Cerrado, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, Amazon, and Pantanal. Reaches 20–35 m in the wild, 8–12 m in cultivation. Vivid magenta...

rubber tree

Hevea brasiliensis

Secondary II High Mulch biomass

Amazonian latex (natural rubber) tree. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and cites it explicitly among the 40-year phase species of t...

jatoba

Hymenaea courbaril

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Tropical climax with extremely dense timber; fruit pulp is edible. Common in syntropic abundance systems.

ice cream bean

Inga edulis

Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Essential nitrogen fixer in syntropic systems. Coppices readily after drastic pruning and produces large volumes of fertilizer biomass.

river inga

Inga vera

Secondary I Medium Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

A pioneer leguminous tree native to the Neotropics, 5-10 m tall, with a broad low crown, frequent in secondary formations of humid or swampy soil, ...

sweet potato

Ipomoea batatas

Placenta I Ground cover No biomass production

Short-cycle creeping tuber crop. Pasini lists it in the low stratum of Tabela 3. Excellent living ground cover early in the agroforestry cycle, edi...

sapucaia nut

Lecythis pisonis

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Amazonian and coastal Atlantic Forest tree, cousin of Brazil nut. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. Huge woody fruits (...

mango

Mangifera indica

Secondary II High No biomass production

Long-lived tropical fruit tree. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and in the '20 to 50 years' phase of Tabela 4 (high stratum). A key...

cassava

Manihot esculenta

Placenta II High Mulch biomass

Placenta II tuber crop widely cultivated across Amazonia and Brazil. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and as a species of the '1 to ...

bitter cassava

Manihot esculenta

Placenta II Low Fertilizer biomass

Cultivar group of Manihot esculenta with high cyanogenic glycoside content (>100 mg HCN/kg fresh root). Unsafe for direct consumption — requires ro...

arrowroot

Maranta arundinacea

Placenta II Low No biomass production

Perennial tropical tuber crop whose starch is traditionally used in porridges and biscuits. EcoAgri lists it in the low stratum of the 'up to 3 yea...