Plants

Plant Catalog

67 plants found

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  kiwifruit

  Actinidia deliciosa

  Secondary II Medium No biomass production

  Woody vine native to southern China. Cultivated above 600 m altitude in southern and southeastern Brazil (RS, SC, PR, MG, SP). Requires chill hours...

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  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...

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  dwarf early-bearing cashew

  Anacardium occidentale

  Secondary II High No biomass production

  Embrapa dwarf early-bearing cashew clones — 4–6 m height vs. 8–15 m of common cashew. First fruits at 18–24 months (vs. 4 years for the common cash...

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  atemoya

  Annona × atemoya

  Secondary I Medium No biomass production

  Hybrid of sugar apple (A. squamosa) and cherimoya (A. cherimola), created in the US in the early 1900s and introduced to Brazil in the 1960s. Combi...

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  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...

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  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...

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  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 ...

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  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...

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  bilimbi

  Averrhoa bilimbi

  Secondary I Medium No biomass production

  Small tropical tree (5–10 m), close relative of carambola (Averrhoa carambola, already in canon). Small green cylindrical very acidic fruits — used...

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  starfruit

  Averrhoa carambola

  Secondary II Medium No biomass production

  Asian fruit tree naturalized in Brazil, with the characteristic star-shape when sliced. EcoAgri lists it in the medium stratum of the 'up to 50 yea...

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  pecan

  Carya illinoinensis

  Secondary II High No biomass production

  Pecan, a large deciduous tree of the Juglandaceae family, native to North America and successfully grown in southern Brazil, especially Rio Grande ...

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  sweet chestnut

  Castanea sativa

  Secondary II High No biomass production

  European sweet chestnut, a large deciduous tree of the Fagaceae family, exotic to Brazil and suited to cold temperate regions of the south. It tole...

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  Persian lime

  Citrus × latifolia

  Secondary I Medium No biomass production

  Medium-stratum citrus in syntropic systems. Pasini cites 'lemon' as a stratification example next to coffee (low), avocado (high), and eucalyptus (...

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  grapefruit

  Citrus × paradisi

  Secondary I Medium No biomass production

  Medium-stratum citrus in syntropic systems. The Bosque de Niebla Guidebook lists grapefruit in the Secondary phase of the medium stratum, alongside...

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  mandarin

  Citrus reticulata

  Secondary II Medium No biomass production

  Medium-stratum citrus in syntropic systems. Pasini lists ponkan in the high stratum of Tabela 3; the Bosque de Niebla Guidebook places the mandarin...

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  orange

  Citrus × sinensis

  Secondary I High No biomass production

  Citrus fruit tree widely used in Brazilian agroforestry systems. Pasini lists it in the high stratum of Tabela 3 and cites it among Abundance-syste...

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  bourbon coffee

  Coffea arabica

  Secondary I Medium No biomass production

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

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  mundo novo coffee

  Coffea arabica

  Secondary I Medium No biomass production

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

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  catuaí coffee

  Coffea arabica

  Secondary I Low No biomass production

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

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  coffee

  Coffea arabica

  Secondary I Low No biomass production

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

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  geisha coffee

  Coffea arabica

  Secondary I Medium No biomass production

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

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  quince

  Cydonia oblonga

  Secondary I Medium No biomass production

  Quince, a small deciduous fruit tree of the Rosaceae family, exotic to Brazil and suited to temperate-climate regions. It needs a cool period (temp...

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  persimmon

  Diospyros kaki

  Secondary II High No biomass production

  Asian subtropical fruit tree, popular in southern and southeastern Brazil. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the 'up to 50 years' bin. Tolera...

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  loquat

  Eriobotrya japonica

  Secondary II High No biomass production

  Asian fruit tree naturalized in highland regions of Brazil. EcoAgri lists it in the high stratum of the 'up to 50 years' bin. Flowers in winter, fr...