Plant Catalog · Sintropia

jurema preta

Mimosa tenuiflora

Secondary I Medium Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Native legume of the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest. Small-to-medium tree (4–8 m), fine leaves, fissured grey bark. Nitrogen-fixer, rapid recolonizer...

holythorn

Monteverdia ilicifolia

Secondary I Medium No biomass production

An evergreen shrub or small tree of the Celastraceae family, native to southern and southeastern Brazil, with leathery, spiny-margined holly-like l...

noni

Morinda citrifolia

Secondary I Medium No biomass production

Tropical small tree (3–6 m) introduced in Brazil. Large dark-green leaves, ovoid yellowish-white strong-smelling ripe fruits. Medicinal pulp — supp...

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...

black mulberry

Morus nigra

Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass

Fast-growing fruit tree, tolerates drastic pruning well and coppices readily — ideal as a nurse plant in syntropic systems. Pasini lists it in the ...

balsa

Ochroma pyramidale

Secondary I High Mulch biomass

Fast-growing pioneer neotropical tree — reaches 20 m in 5 years. IPOEMA cites pau-de-balsa among fast-growing prune-tolerant species, alongside euc...

guaraná

Paullinia cupana

Secondary I Low No biomass production

Amazonian shrubby climber, today managed as a shrub in monoculture. Embrapa lists guaraná among perennial crops in SAFs with mean yield of 100 kg/h...

yellow poinciana

Peltophorum dubium

Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass

Pioneer heliophyte legume with fast growth. 10–20 m, occasionally 40 m at maturity. Occurs in Cerrado and Atlantic Forest, transition zones and rip...

moso bamboo

Phyllostachys edulis

Secondary I Emergent Mulch biomass

A running (spreading) bamboo native to China and Taiwan, the most cultivated species for timber and fiber in East Asia. It reaches up to 28 m tall ...

black pepper

Piper nigrum

Secondary I Low No biomass production

Woody climber native to SW India, naturalized in the Brazilian Amazon. Embrapa records it among perennial crops in Amazonian SAFs: trained on live ...

peach

Prunus persica

Secondary I Medium No biomass production

A deciduous fruit tree of the Rosaceae family, exotic to Brazil but well adapted to the temperate-climate regions of the south. It requires winter ...

Japanese plum

Prunus salicina

Secondary I Medium No biomass production

A deciduous plum tree originating in China, widely grown in southern Brazil as a temperate fruit crop. It has a moderate chill requirement (cultiva...

strawberry guava

Psidium cattleyanum

Secondary I High No biomass production

Small native Atlantic Forest fruit tree, listed by Pasini in the high stratum of Tabela 3. Small red or yellow fruit similar to a guava with intens...

guava

Psidium guajava

Secondary I High No biomass production

Native tropical American fruit tree, common in Brazilian syntropic agroforestry systems. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3. Tolerates...

pomegranate

Punica granatum

Secondary I Low No biomass production

Pomegranate, a deciduous shrub or small tree of the Lythraceae family, exotic to Brazil and cultivated across a wide range of the country. Drought-...

raspberry

Rubus idaeus

Secondary I Low No biomass production

Raspberry, a perennial shrub with biennial canes of the Rosaceae family, exotic to Brazil and grown in cold regions of the south and in highland mi...

morototó

Schefflera morototoni

Secondary I Emergent Mulch biomass

Fast-growing pioneer tree common in Atlantic Forest and Amazon clearings. EcoAgri lists it in the emergent stratum of the 'up to 50 years' extras. ...

paricá

Schizolobium parahyba

Secondary I Emergent Mulch biomass

Amazonian emergent legume with extremely fast growth — reaches 20–30 m in 18 years. Embrapa lists paricá among key timber species for SAFs: straigh...

senna macranthera

Senna macranthera

Secondary I Medium Fertilizer biomass

A nitrogen-associated leguminous tree native to Brazil, small to medium-sized (6-8 m), fast-growing and semi-deciduous. It bears showy yellow flowe...

yellow mombin

Spondias mombin

Secondary I Emergent No biomass production

Fast-growing pioneer fruit tree; Pasini lists it in the emergent/high stratum of Tabela 3 and among Abundance-system species (emergent stratum, 10–...

red mombin

Spondias purpurea

Secondary I High No biomass production

Northeastern Brazilian native fruit tree; propagated by cuttings. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3. Drought-tolerant, short cycle to...

cocoa

Theobroma cacao

Secondary I Low No biomass production

Low-stratum fruit tree shaded by bananas, ingás and palms in the Bahia syntropic systems pioneered by Götsch.

cupuaçu

Theobroma grandiflorum

Secondary I Medium No biomass production

Amazonian high-stratum fruit tree, cousin of cocoa. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and among Abundance-system species — middle pha...

blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Secondary I Low No biomass production

Northern highbush blueberry, a deciduous shrub of the Ericaceae family, exotic to Brazil and grown in cold regions of the south, notably Rio Grande...