Plant Catalog · Sintropia

Surinam cherry

Eugenia uniflora

Secondary I Medium No biomass production

Small native fruit tree of the Atlantic Forest. Pasini lists it in the medium stratum of Tabela 4 (3–10 year phase). Cherry-red bittersweet fruit, ...

fig

Ficus carica

Secondary II High No biomass production

Mediterranean fruit tree naturalized in Brazil. EcoAgri marks it as an edge species in the '> 50 years' bin (small habit, needs full sun). High str...

fennel

Foeniculum vulgare

Placenta I Low No biomass production

Perennial Mediterranean herb (1–2 m), feathery anise-scented leaves. Seeds used as seasoning and medicinal. Bulb of the sweet variety is a vegetabl...

strawberry

Fragaria × ananassa

Placenta I Ground cover No biomass production

Perennial herbaceous ground-runner cultivated as annual or biennial. Productive ground cover in vegetable gardens and syntropic systems. Mild cold ...

garlic tree

Gallesia integrifolia

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Emergent tree of the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado with a strong garlic smell when wounded. EcoAgri lists it in the emergent stratum of the '> 50 yea...

gliricidia

Gliricidia sepium

Secondary I Medium Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Nitrogen-fixing legume that tolerates drastic pruning and produces fast-decomposing fertilizer biomass. Commonly used as shade for coffee and cocoa...

soybean

Glycine max

Placenta I Low Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

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

guadua

Guadua angustifolia

Secondary I Emergent Mulch biomass

A woody clumping bamboo native to Central and South America, regarded as the finest structural bamboo of the Americas. It forms straight, strong cu...

taquarucu bamboo

Guadua tagoara

Secondary I High Mulch biomass

A bamboo native to the Atlantic Forest, distributed from Santa Catarina to Bahia, where it forms the characteristic bamboo thickets. It can reach a...

West Indian elm

Guazuma ulmifolia

Secondary I High Mulch biomass

Fast-growing pioneer tree native to the Cerrado, Pantanal, and Atlantic Forest. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and in the 10–20 ye...

yellow trumpet tree

Handroanthus albus

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Long-cycle climax with premium timber. Characteristic of Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Spectacular winter bloom.

yellow lapacho

Handroanthus chrysotrichus

Climax High No biomass production

Medium-tall tree of the southern and southeastern Atlantic Forest (8–15 m). Vivid golden-yellow flowering in August–September, denser than the cerr...

pink lapacho

Handroanthus impetiginosus

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Emergent tree native to Cerrado, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga, Amazon, and Pantanal. Reaches 20–35 m in the wild, 8–12 m in cultivation. Vivid magenta...

yerba mate

Ilex paraguariensis

Secondary II Medium No biomass production

Tree native to highland Atlantic Forest and southern Brazilian grasslands, listed by IPOEMA among major Brazilian perennial crops in agroforestry c...

sweet potato

Ipomoea batatas

Placenta I Ground cover No biomass production

Short-cycle creeping tuber crop. Pasini lists it in the low stratum of Tabela 3. Excellent living ground cover early in the agroforestry cycle, edi...

lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Placenta I Low No biomass production

Annual leafy vegetable cultivated in syntropic systems in the low stratum of the Placenta I phase. Pasini lists it in the medium stratum of Tabela ...

pacari

Lafoensia pacari

Climax Medium No biomass production

Cerrado and Pantanal native tree, listed by EcoAgri in the medium stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. Bark traditionally used as a wound-healing and a...

leucaena

Leucaena leucocephala

Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Fast-growing nitrogen-fixing tree legume with strong coppicing ability. Cited by Pasini as a tree-form fertilizer biomass species — sources fertili...

lychee

Litchi chinensis

Climax High No biomass production

Asian subtropical fruit tree naturalized in southern and southeastern Brazil. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. Fruits ...

açoita-cavalo

Luehea divaricata

Secondary II High Mulch biomass

Semi-deciduous native tree of southern Brazil, typical of riparian forests and secondary growth. A forestry species of the Embrapa Vitrine SAF, pla...

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...

palmer mango

Mangifera indica

Secondary II High No biomass production

Semi-dwarf cultivar from Florida (1945). Open canopy, 6–8 m. Elongated fruit, 600–800 g, firm yellow flesh, 21.6° Brix, almost fiber-free. Late rip...

haden mango

Mangifera indica

Secondary II High No biomass production

Florida heirloom (1910), pioneer of the modern mango era. Large tree (10–12 m), predominantly yellow oval fruit with pink blush, 350–680 g, low fib...

rosa mango

Mangifera indica

Secondary II High No biomass production

Traditional Brazilian cultivar with medium tree (8–10 m). Yellow-to-pink fruit (350 g), golden-yellow flesh of excellent flavor (21.8° Brix), low f...