Agroforestry Services: Crop shade  Industrial Crop: Hydrocarbon  Management: Standard  Regional Crop

A plant of the moist, lowland tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 23 - 30c, but can tolerate 15 - 34c[418 ]. It can be killed by temperatures of 10c or lower[418 ]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 2,300 - 2,700mm, but tolerates 2,000 - 3,000mm[418 ]. Grows best in a rich, well-drained soil in a sunny position[307 ]. Prefers a pH in the range 5 - 6, tolerating 4.5 - 7[418 ]. Tapping of the trees for their latex can commence 7 years after planting[418 ]. Plants have become invasive in some areas[307 ]. A fast growing tree[447 ]. Individual plants can either produce only male flowers (dioecious) or they can produce both male and female flowers (monoecious)[315 , 684 ]. Trees at 8-10 years old can yield 25kg (55lb) of latex (poor quality).

Carbon Farming

• Agroforestry Services: Crop shade  Plants providing crop shade especially trees.
• Industrial Crop: Hydrocarbon  Materials, chemicals and energy include bioplastics, rubber, biomass products gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, butane, propane, biogas. Plants are usually resprouting plants and saps.
• Management: Standard  Plants grow to their standard height. Harvest fruit, seeds, or other products. Non-Destructive management systems.
• Regional Crop  These crops have been domesticated and cultivated regionally but have not been adopted elsewhere and are typically not traded globally, Examples in this broad category include perennial cottons and many nuts and staple fruits.