Plant Catalog

Natural Sumatra × Red Bourbon hybrid selected by IAC. Tall (2.5–4 m), thin trunk that arches and requires sucker thinning. Excellent vigor, rustici...

catuaí coffee

Coffea arabica

Caturra × Mundo Novo hybrid developed by IAC. Compact dwarf architecture (1.8–2.5 m) — eases harvest and dense planting. Dominant cultivar in Brazi...

coffee

Coffea arabica

Shade-grown crop valuable in syntropic Atlantic Forest systems. Occupies the low stratum between bananas and ingás.

bourbon coffee

Coffea arabica

Heirloom arabica cultivar — originated on Bourbon Island (modern Réunion) in the 18th century. Tall (3–4 m), open canopy. Susceptible to coffee lea...

geisha coffee

Coffea arabica

Placenta I Low Fertilizer biomass

Heirloom arabica from the Gesha valley in Ethiopia, rediscovered in Panama in the 2000s. Tall, open canopy, low yield but exceptional floral cup pr...

taro

Colocasia esculenta

Distinct from taioba (Xanthosoma sagittifolium, already in canon, native species) and from yam (Dioscorea spp.). Introduced Asian species cultivate...

turmeric

Curcuma longa

Placenta I Low No biomass production

Aromatic tropical orange-yellow rhizome. Pasini lists it in the low stratum of Tabela 3 and in the '3 to 10 years' phase of Tabela 4 (low stratum)....

juçara palm

Euterpe edulis

Climax High No biomass production

Atlantic Forest native palm with long-cycle climax behavior; high-quality palm heart. Endangered under extractivism, abundant in well-managed syntr...

açaí palm

Euterpe oleracea

Secondary II High No biomass production

Amazonian native multi-stemmed palm. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and cites it explicitly among Abundance-system species. Fruit ...

achacha

Garcinia humilis

Amazonian fruit tree of Bolivian origin, related to bacuri and mangosteen. Medium small tree (4–8 m), dense columnar canopy, glossy leaves. Orange ...

mangosteen

Garcinia mangostana

Asian tropical fruit introduced to Brazil, known as the 'queen of fruits' for the flavor of its white pulp. Pasini lists it in the medium stratum o...

yerba mate

Ilex paraguariensis

Placenta II Low No biomass production

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

arrowroot

Maranta arundinacea

Perennial tropical tuber crop whose starch is traditionally used in porridges and biscuits. EcoAgri lists it in the low stratum of the 'up to 3 yea...

lemon balm

Melissa officinalis

Placenta I Low No biomass production

Perennial herb (40–80 cm), light-green strongly lemon-scented leaves. Tolerates partial shade — fills shaded niches where rosemary and thyme don't ...

holythorn

Monteverdia ilicifolia

Placenta I Ground cover 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...

watercress

Nasturtium officinale

Aquatic or semi-aquatic leafy green of European origin, naturalized in Brazil. Pasini lists it in the low stratum of Tabela 3. Grows in moist soils...

brazilwood

Paubrasilia echinata

Climax Medium

National tree of Brazil, endemic to the coastal Atlantic Forest. Slow-growing; climax-community species that develops best when planted under secon...

guaraná

Paullinia cupana

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...

black pepper

Piper nigrum

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

cambucá

Plinia edulis

Atlantic-Forest-endemic myrtle of the medium stratum. Rebello cites cambucá as an example of syntropic coexistence with cupuaçu in Casimiro de Abre...

cocoa

Theobroma cacao

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

forastero cacao

Theobroma cacao