Plants
Plant Catalog
137 plants found
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ice cream bean
Inga edulis
Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixerEssential nitrogen fixer in syntropic systems. Coppices readily after drastic pruning and produces large volumes of fertilizer biomass.
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river inga
Inga vera
Secondary I Medium Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixerA pioneer leguminous tree native to the Neotropics, 5-10 m tall, with a broad low crown, frequent in secondary formations of humid or swampy soil, ...
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bellyache bush
Jatropha gossypiifolia
Placenta II Low Mulch biomassXerophytic shrub native to the Caatinga, cited by Rebello among plants that thrive in low-rainfall environments, alongside forage cactus and sisal....
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arara nut tree
Joannesia princeps
Climax Emergent Mulch biomassAtlantic Forest emergent surviving 80+ years. Rebello highlights its key successional role: planted with embaúba (secondary I, 10–20 yr) and guapur...
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pacari
Lafoensia pacari
Climax Medium No biomass productionCerrado 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...
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sapucaia nut
Lecythis pisonis
Climax Emergent Mulch biomassAmazonian and coastal Atlantic Forest tree, cousin of Brazil nut. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. Huge woody fruits (...
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Brazilian ironwood
Libidibia ferrea
Secondary II High Fertilizer & mulchLeguminous tree occurring in Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Sun-tolerant and melliferous.
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açoita-cavalo
Luehea divaricata
Secondary II High Mulch biomassSemi-deciduous native tree of southern Brazil, typical of riparian forests and secondary growth. A forestry species of the Embrapa Vitrine SAF, pla...
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bitter cassava
Manihot esculenta
Placenta II Low Fertilizer biomassCultivar group of Manihot esculenta with high cyanogenic glycoside content (>100 mg HCN/kg fresh root). Unsafe for direct consumption — requires ro...
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cassava
Manihot esculenta
Placenta II High Mulch biomassPlacenta 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 ...
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Ceará rubber tree
Manihot glaziovii
Placenta II MediumShrub/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...
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arrowroot
Maranta arundinacea
Placenta II Low No biomass productionPerennial 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...
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moriche palm
Mauritia flexuosa
Climax Emergent No biomass productionGiant palm of Cerrado wetlands (veredas) and Amazonian floodplains. Pasini lists it in the emergent stratum of Tabela 3. A water indicator: forms p...
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guaco
Mikania glomerata
Secondary I Medium Mulch biomassA perennial woody climber (liana) of the Asteraceae family, native to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern and southern Brazil, occurring along rive...
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maricá
Mimosa bimucronata
Placenta II Medium Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixerA pioneer leguminous tree or small tree, spiny and much-branched, 4-8 m tall (occasionally to 15 m), native to eastern and southern Brazil. It fixe...
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sabia tree
Mimosa caesalpiniifolia
Secondary I Medium Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixerNative legume of the Caatinga and northeastern Atlantic Forest. Medium tree (4–10 m), sparse spiny canopy. Nitrogen-fixer — central in degraded-soi...
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bracatinga
Mimosa scabrella
Secondary I High Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixerPioneer legume native to southern Brazil and highland Atlantic Forest, listed by IPOEMA among anchor Brazilian species for SAFs (alongside cacao, y...
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jurema preta
Mimosa tenuiflora
Secondary I Medium Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixerNative legume of the Caatinga and Atlantic Forest. Small-to-medium tree (4–8 m), fine leaves, fissured grey bark. Nitrogen-fixer, rapid recolonizer...
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holythorn
Monteverdia ilicifolia
Secondary I Medium No biomass productionAn evergreen shrub or small tree of the Celastraceae family, native to southern and southeastern Brazil, with leathery, spiny-margined holly-like l...
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urundeuva
Myracrodruon urundeuva
Climax HighTree with extremely dense, durable hardwood; once dominant in the Caatinga but now threatened by overexploitation. Occurs in Caatinga, Cerrado and ...
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guabiju
Myrcianthes pungens
Secondary II High Mulch biomassNative tree of the Pampa, southern Atlantic Forest, and southern Minas Gerais. 8–15 m, dense canopy. Dark-red to purple fruit, sweet delicately fla...
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camu camu
Myrciaria dubia
Placenta II Low No biomass productionAmazonian small tree (2–6 m) of floodable areas — in native habitat survives 4–5 months submerged. Small dark-red fruits with the highest known nat...
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balsa
Ochroma pyramidale
Secondary I High Mulch biomassFast-growing pioneer neotropical tree — reaches 20 m in 5 years. IPOEMA cites pau-de-balsa among fast-growing prune-tolerant species, alongside euc...
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bacaba palm
Oenocarpus bacaba
Climax High No biomass productionAmazonian fruit palm, cousin of açaí. The Bosque de Niebla Guidebook (Farm Evolving timeline) includes it at the 40-year stage alongside Brazil nut...
