Plant Catalog · Sintropia

okra

Abelmoschus esculentus

African annual fruit-vegetable widely cultivated in Brazilian SAFs. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the 'up to 6 months' bin (placenta_1). ...

monjoleiro

Acacia polyphylla

Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Pioneer legume native to the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado. Medium-to-tall tree (10–20 m), fine compound leaves. Very rapid growth — structural speci...

macauba palm

Acrocomia aculeata

Secondary II Emergent Mulch biomass

Native palm of the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest, distributed from Bahia to Paraná. Spiny stipe 10–20 m. Orange-yellow fruits with yellow pulp and an...

siris tree

Albizia lebbeck

Secondary II High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

A fast-growing, drought-tolerant leguminous tree of 18-30 m, native to tropical Asia and now pantropical. It fixes nitrogen readily and coppices ex...

leek

Allium ampeloprasum

Placenta I Medium No biomass production

Biennial Allium grown for its white pseudostem. Pasini lists it in the medium stratum of Tabela 3. Tolerates moist soils and partial shade well.

onion

Allium cepa

Placenta I Low No biomass production

Cultivated Allium bulb. Pasini lists it in the medium stratum of Tabela 3. Flowering attracts pollinators; leaves and bulbs can be harvested separa...

Welsh onion

Allium fistulosum

Placenta I Ground cover No biomass production

Perennial clumping Allium widely used as a culinary herb. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 (Brazilian use is in the low stratum). Pr...

purple amaranth

Amaranthus cruentus

Placenta I High Fertilizer biomass

Highly nutritious annual pseudocereal. Embrapa CT-16 lists it as a fodder species alongside gliricídia. Planted as a second-season crop after summe...

slender amaranth

Amaranthus viridis

Placenta I Low Mulch biomass

An erect annual herb in the Amaranthaceae, widely distributed in the American tropics and cosmopolitan as a volunteer. It grows about 0.3–0.8 m tal...

brs imperial pineapple

Ananas comosus

Placenta II Ground cover No biomass production

Embrapa hybrid cultivar ('Perolera' × 'Smooth Cayenne'). Spineless dark-green leaves. Crowned fruit ~1.2 kg (up to 1.5 kg). Resistant to fusariosis...

atemoya

Annona × atemoya

Secondary I Medium No biomass production

Hybrid of sugar apple (A. squamosa) and cherimoya (A. cherimola), created in the US in the early 1900s and introduced to Brazil in the 1960s. Combi...

wild sweetsop

Annona cacans

Secondary II High Mulch biomass

Native Atlantic Forest and Cerrado species, medium tree (8–15 m). Large fruits (up to 1.5 kg) with sweetish yellow flesh but a laxative effect (ori...

marolo

Annona crassiflora

Secondary I Medium

Native, endemic tree of the Brazilian Cerrado, reaching 6–8 m with a 2–4 m crown diameter. Fruits have high nutritional and bioactive value.

peanut

Arachis hypogaea

Placenta I Ground cover Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

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

pinto peanut

Arachis pintoi

Placenta I Ground cover Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Perennial creeping legume with stolons, 20–40 cm tall. Permanent living mulch, persists under 70% shade. Fixes nitrogen, produces 5–13 t/ha/year of...

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...

arracacha

Arracacia xanthorrhiza

Placenta I Low No biomass production

Andean apiaceous tuber crop, cultivated mainly in southern Minas Gerais and Paraná. Pasini lists it in the medium stratum of Tabela 3. 8–10 month c...

peroba-poca

Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon

Climax High Mulch biomass

Premium-timber tree native to the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado, distinct from peroba-rosa (Aspidosperma polyneuron). Rebello & Sakamoto (2019) plant...

peroba rosa

Aspidosperma polyneuron

Climax High

Atlantic Forest climax tree with very slow growth and dense, prized timber. Reaches 20–30 m. IUCN-listed as threatened due to logging.

carqueja

Baccharis trimera

Placenta II Low No biomass production

A perennial subshrub of the Asteraceae family, native to southern, southeastern and central-western Brazil and neighboring parts of South America, ...

balcooa bamboo

Bambusa balcooa

Secondary I Emergent Mulch biomass

A large clumping bamboo native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina, with thick culms up to 25 m and thick walls. It is highly valued for const...

punting pole bamboo

Bambusa tuldoides

Secondary I High Mulch biomass

A clumping bamboo native to southern China, with straight, relatively slender culms 6–12 m tall, widely used as poles, in light construction and cr...

common bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris

Secondary I High Mulch biomass

A clumping (non-running) bamboo native to Southeast Asia and one of the most widely cultivated bamboos in the tropics. It forms dense clumps with c...

collard greens

Brassica oleracea var. acephala

Placenta I Low No biomass production

Perennial brassica widely grown in Brazilian backyards. Pasini gives it as an example occupying the low stratum in consortium with broccoli (medium...