Plant Catalog · Sintropia

bracatinga

Mimosa scabrella

Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Pioneer legume native to southern Brazil and highland Atlantic Forest, listed by IPOEMA among anchor Brazilian species for SAFs (alongside cacao, y...

velvet bean

Mucuna pruriens

Placenta I Low Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Annual climbing legume that fixes nitrogen (~180–220 kg N/ha) and produces dense cover biomass. Suppresses weeds, decompacts the soil, and is one o...

giant cavendish banana

Musa acuminata

Placenta II High Mulch biomass

Cavendish AAA tall cultivar (3–4 m); the dominant Brazilian export variety. Heavier bunch than Nanica (30–40 kg).

sucrier banana

Musa acuminata

Placenta II High Mulch biomass

AA diploid cultivar, small sweet fruits (8–12 kg per bunch), medium plant (3–4 m). Niche production, premium price. More common in coastal São Paul...

dwarf cavendish banana

Musa acuminata

Placenta II Medium Mulch biomass

Cavendish AAA dwarf cultivar (1.8–2.5 m). Dessert-banana market staple. Resistant to Panama disease race 1 but susceptible to Yellow Sigatoka. In s...

pome banana

Musa × paradisiaca

Placenta II High Mulch biomass

AAB Pome subgroup, tall (5–7 m), bunch 12–18 kg. Slightly tart flavor prized in the Brazilian domestic market. Before Prata-Anã it dominated the so...

pacovan banana

Musa × paradisiaca

Placenta II High Mulch biomass

AAB tall cultivar (5–6 m), large bunch (20–30 kg). Major Northeastern variety with better Yellow Sigatoka tolerance than Prata. Together with Prata...

banana

Musa × paradisiaca

Placenta II High Mulch biomass

Banana is a fast-growing pioneer species valued for cover biomass, edible fruit, and a structuring role in syntropic rows. Grows in any moist, well...

plantain

Musa × paradisiaca

Placenta II High Mulch biomass

AAB Plantain subgroup — cooking banana, tall to emergent (5–7 m), bunch 15–25 kg with few large starchy fingers. Staple food across Northern and No...

thap maeo banana

Musa × paradisiaca

Placenta II High Mulch biomass

AAB cultivar of Thai origin recommended by Embrapa for regions with high Black/Yellow Sigatoka pressure. Tall (4–5 m), bunch 18–25 kg. Good fit for...

silk banana

Musa × paradisiaca

Placenta II High Mulch biomass

AAB Silk subgroup, medium-tall (3–4 m). Sweet flavor with distinctive aroma, premium market price. Highly susceptible to Panama disease (Fusarium o...

dwarf pome banana

Musa × paradisiaca

Placenta II High Mulch biomass

Dwarf mutation of Prata (AAB), 2.5–3.5 m. Together with Prata and Pacovan accounts for ~60% of Brazilian banana area. Per Embrapa, a 'watershed' cu...

camu camu

Myrciaria dubia

Placenta II Low No biomass production

Amazonian small tree (2–6 m) of floodable areas — in native habitat survives 4–5 months submerged. Small dark-red fruits with the highest known nat...

watercress

Nasturtium officinale

Placenta I Ground cover No biomass production

Aquatic or semi-aquatic leafy green of European origin, naturalized in Brazil. Pasini lists it in the low stratum of Tabela 3. Grows in moist soils...

basil

Ocimum basilicum

Placenta I Low No biomass production

Aromatic annual or short-lived perennial Lamiaceae. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 (grown as a low-stratum species in beds). Attra...

African basil

Ocimum gratissimum

Placenta II Medium No biomass production

Short-lived perennial Lamiaceae, cousin of common basil (distinct species). EcoAgri lists it in the medium stratum of the 'up to 3 years' bin. Arom...

spineless cactus

Opuntia ficus-indica

Placenta II Low

Introduced cactus widely cultivated in the Brazilian semiarid as strategic fodder reserve. CAM metabolism gives extremely high water-use efficiency...

oregano

Origanum vulgare

Placenta I Ground cover No biomass production

Perennial Mediterranean herb (20–60 cm), small aromatic leaves. In southeastern and southern Brazilian syntropic systems used as permanent cover be...

rice

Oryza sativa

Placenta I High Mulch biomass

World's most-cultivated annual cereal. The Bosque de Niebla Guidebook (Consortium Design 2019) places rice as a typical Placenta I species in the h...

sweet passion fruit

Passiflora alata

Placenta II Medium No biomass production

Brazilian native vine distinct from sour passionfruit (P. edulis). Pyriform orange-yellow fruit with sweet, fragrant flesh eaten fresh — fruitier, ...

passion fruit

Passiflora edulis

Placenta II High No biomass production

Brazilian-native woody fruiting climber. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 (grows over high-stratum structures). Fruits in ~9–12 mont...

sweet granadilla

Passiflora ligularis

Placenta II Medium No biomass production

Andean species (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador). Altitude vine (1,000–2,500 m); orange-yellow fruit with translucent pulp, black seeds, sweet aromatic fla...

giant granadilla

Passiflora quadrangularis

Placenta II Medium No biomass production

One of the most vigorous Passiflora vines, with squared stem cross-section (origin of the scientific name). Huge fruit — 15–30 cm, up to 4 kg — wit...

Napier grass

Pennisetum purpureum

Placenta II Medium Mulch biomass

Perennial African grass introduced to Brazil in 1920. Forms vigorous clumps reaching 3–5 m and is one of the main biomass-producing species in synt...