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). ...

mangium

Acacia mangium

Secondary I Emergent Fertilizer & mulch 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Extremely fast-growing nitrogen-fixing legume, central in syntropic systems as a producer of both cover and fertilizer biomass. Pasini classifies i...

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...

toothache plant

Acmella oleracea

Placenta I Ground cover No biomass production

A low-growing annual or short-lived perennial herb of Amazonian origin, with edible leaves and yellow inflorescences that produce a characteristic ...

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...

amburana

Amburana cearensis

Climax High Mulch biomass

Premium-timber leguminous tree native to Caatinga, Cerrado, and dry Atlantic Forest. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. ...

cashew

Anacardium occidentale

Secondary II High No biomass production

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...

cebil

Anadenanthera colubrina

Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Fast-growing pioneer legume, nitrogen fixer. Adapted to poor and degraded soils; widely used in restoration of degraded areas across Caatinga, Cerr...

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...

cherimoya

Annona cherimola

Secondary I Medium No biomass production

Andean native (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia). Small tree (5–8 m), deciduous leaves. Light-green reticulated fruit with creamy white flesh of delicate fla...

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.

biriba

Annona mucosa

Secondary I High No biomass production

Amazonian fruit of the Annonaceae (cousin of pinha and graviola). Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3. Creamy white pulp highly prized;...

soursop

Annona muricata

Secondary I High No biomass production

Tropical fruit with sweet-tart white pulp and well-documented medicinal properties. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3. Native to Amaz...

sugar apple

Annona squamosa

Secondary I High No biomass production

Small tropical fruit tree, same family as graviola. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3. Tolerates poor soils and drought; traditional ...

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...

jackfruit

Artocarpus heterophyllus

Secondary II High No biomass production

Asian fruit tree naturalized in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and in the 5–18 year phase of the co...