Plant Catalog

Placenta I Ground cover Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

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...

peanut

Arachis hypogaea

Annual nitrogen-fixing legume that produces its pod underground (geocarpic). Pasini lists it in the low stratum of Tabela 3. Excellent ground cover...

tucumã palm

Astrocaryum vulgare

Amazonian high-stratum spiny palm, listed by Embrapa among native fruit species for Amazonian SAFs. Orange fruits very rich in beta-carotene and oi...

babassu palm

Attalea speciosa

Native palm of the transition zones between the Amazon, Cerrado, and Caatinga — strongly present in Maranhão, Piauí, Tocantins, and northern Goiás....

Brazil nut

Bertholletia excelsa

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

andiroba

Carapa guianensis

Amazonian premium-timber tree (luxury furniture) producing medicinal seed oil that repels insects. Pasini lists it in the emergent stratum of Tabel...

souari nut

Caryocar brasiliense

Climax High

Iconic fruit tree of the Brazilian Cerrado, up to ~10 m tall with a broad crown. Very slow growth; first fruits not until ~30 years in smaller indi...

pequiá

Caryocar villosum

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

hybrid coconut

Cocos nucifera

Dwarf × Tall hybrids registered by Embrapa (BRS 001, 002, 003). Intermediate height (15–20 m), early bearing (4 years), medium fruits. Combine Tall...

coconut palm

Cocos nucifera

High-value palm naturalized along Brazilian coastlines. Pasini lists it in the emergent stratum of Tabela 3. Tolerates salinity and coastal winds; ...

tall coconut

Cocos nucifera

Tall variety — emergent (20–30 m), 60–70 year lifespan, first flowering at 5–7 years. 60–80 large fruits per plant per year for copra, oil, and fib...

African oil palm

Elaeis guineensis

Placenta I Low Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

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

soybean

Glycine max

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

bellyache bush

Jatropha gossypiifolia

Placenta II Low Mulch biomass

Xerophytic shrub native to the Caatinga, cited by Rebello among plants that thrive in low-rainfall environments, alongside forage cactus and sisal....

arara nut tree

Joannesia princeps

Atlantic Forest emergent surviving 80+ years. Rebello highlights its key successional role: planted with embaúba (secondary I, 10–20 yr) and guapur...

sapucaia nut

Lecythis pisonis

Climax High No biomass production

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

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...

moriche palm

Mauritia flexuosa

Climax Emergent No biomass production

Giant palm of Cerrado wetlands (veredas) and Amazonian floodplains. Pasini lists it in the emergent stratum of Tabela 3. A water indicator: forms p...

moringa

Moringa oleifera

Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass

Multi-purpose, extremely fast-growing Indo-African tree. The Bosque de Niebla Guidebook lists moringa among anchor species of the high stratum / Se...

bacaba palm

Oenocarpus bacaba

Climax High No biomass production

Amazonian fruit palm, cousin of açaí. The Bosque de Niebla Guidebook (Farm Evolving timeline) includes it at the 40-year stage alongside Brazil nut...

olive

Olea europaea

Secondary II Medium No biomass production

Olive, a long-lived evergreen tree of the Oleaceae family, exotic to Brazil and grown in temperate and subtropical regions, notably the Mantiqueira...

hass avocado

Persea americana

Mexican-Guatemalan cultivar (~80% Mexican), floral type A. Small-to-medium fruit (180–300 g), pebbly skin that darkens at ripeness, creamy flesh wi...

quintal avocado

Persea americana