Plant Catalog · Sintropia

cashew

Anacardium occidentale

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...

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...

paraná pine

Araucaria angustifolia

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Conifer native to southern Brazil, an iconic emergent of highland Atlantic Forest. Rebello cites it among emergent-stratum representatives in clima...

Brazil nut

Bertholletia excelsa

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Amazonian emergent giant reaching 50 m. Pasini lists it in the emergent stratum of Tabela 3 and cites 'castanheiras' among Abundance-system species...

pecan

Carya illinoinensis

Secondary II High No biomass production

Pecan, a large deciduous tree of the Juglandaceae family, native to North America and successfully grown in southern Brazil, especially Rio Grande ...

pequiá

Caryocar villosum

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Giant Amazonian emergent tree, cited by Rebello (EcoAgri) alongside Brazil-nut, kapok, dandá, jequitibá, sea-coconut and araucária as representativ...

sweet chestnut

Castanea sativa

Secondary II High No biomass production

European sweet chestnut, a large deciduous tree of the Fagaceae family, exotic to Brazil and suited to cold temperate regions of the south. It tole...

baru nut

Dipteryx alata

Climax Emergent

Native Cerrado leguminous tree reaching over 25 m. Although a legume, it does not form root nodules with N-fixing bacteria — relies on N from groun...

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 (...

macadamia nut

Macadamia integrifolia

Climax High No biomass production

Australian tree grown for its high-value oily nut. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. Adapts well to southern and southe...