Plant Catalog · Sintropia

Brazilian fern tree

Schizolobium parahyba

Pioneer Atlantic Forest species with extremely fast growth (up to 6 m per year in early years), reaching 20–30 m. Excellent for early shade and bio...

sorghum

Sorghum bicolor

Placenta I Emergent Mulch biomass

African annual cereal highly tolerant of drought. Rebello & Sakamoto (2019) list sorghum among grain crops (alongside soybean, corn, and cotton) pr...

yellow mombin

Spondias mombin

Secondary II High Mulch biomass

Amazonian and neotropical tree of high-to-emergent stratum, cited by Embrapa among key fruit species for Amazonian SAFs. Productive lifespan 40 yea...

yellow mombin

Spondias mombin

Secondary I Emergent No biomass production

Fast-growing pioneer fruit tree; Pasini lists it in the emergent/high stratum of Tabela 3 and among Abundance-system species (emergent stratum, 10–...

big-leaf mahogany

Swietenia macrophylla

Climax Emergent Mulch biomass

Climax Amazonian premium timber, CITES Appendix II. Pasini lists it in the emergent/high stratum of Tabela 3 and cites it explicitly as a premium t...

white ipê

Tabebuia roseoalba

Climax High No biomass production

Medium tree of the Cerrado, Atlantic Forest, and Caatinga (10–18 m). White-to-pale-pink flowering in July–August. Drought-tolerant. Medium-density ...

tamarind

Tamarindus indica

Climax High No biomass production 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

African leguminous fruit tree naturalized in the Brazilian semi-arid. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the '> 50 years' bin. Tolerates sandy...

tipu tree

Tipuana tipu

Secondary II Emergent Fertilizer biomass 🌱 Nitrogen fixer

A very fast-growing leguminous tree of 10-30 m, with a broad spreading crown, native to southern Bolivia, northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and...

maize

Zea mays

Placenta I Emergent Mulch biomass

Annual C4 cereal — placed by Pasini in the emergent stratum of Tabela 3 and recommended for the 'up to 6 months' phase of Tabela 4. Short-cycle cov...