Plant Catalog · Sintropia

grumichama

Eugenia brasiliensis

Atlantic Forest native fruit tree, with small purple fruits resembling cherries. EcoAgri lists it in the medium stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. Mo...

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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...

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...

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...

jatoba

Hymenaea courbaril

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Tropical climax with extremely dense timber; fruit pulp is edible. Common in syntropic abundance systems.

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...

ice cream bean

Inga edulis

Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

Essential nitrogen fixer in syntropic systems. Coppices readily after drastic pruning and produces large volumes of fertilizer biomass.

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...

bellyache bush

Jatropha gossypiifolia

Placenta II Low Mulch biomass

Xerophytic shrub native to the Caatinga, cited by Rebello among plants that thrive in low-rainfall environments, alongside forage cactus and sisal....

bay laurel

Laurus nobilis

Secondary II Medium No biomass production

Mediterranean medium tree (4–10 m), evergreen leathery leaves — basis of tea, seasoning, and ornamental use. Occupies low/medium stratum in souther...

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...

acerola

Malpighia emarginata

Secondary I High No biomass production

Small fruit shrub; fruits exceptionally rich in vitamin C. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and cites it among Abundance-system spec...

cassava

Manihot esculenta

Placenta II High Mulch biomass

Placenta II tuber crop widely cultivated across Amazonia and Brazil. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and as a species of the '1 to ...

bitter cassava

Manihot esculenta

Placenta II Low Fertilizer biomass

Cultivar group of Manihot esculenta with high cyanogenic glycoside content (>100 mg HCN/kg fresh root). Unsafe for direct consumption — requires ro...

Ceará rubber tree

Manihot glaziovii

Placenta II Medium

Shrub/small tree native to the Caatinga; one of the first species to flush leaves at the start of the rainy season. Leaves and twigs are used as ru...

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 ...

spearmint

Mentha spicata

Placenta I Ground cover No biomass production

Strongly aromatic perennial Lamiaceae that spreads vigorously by stolons. Pasini lists it in the low stratum of Tabela 3. Tolerates partial shade; ...

guaco

Mikania glomerata

Secondary I Medium Mulch biomass

A perennial woody climber (liana) of the Asteraceae family, native to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern and southern Brazil, occurring along rive...

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 ...

watercress

Nasturtium officinale

Placenta I Ground cover No biomass production

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...