Management: Standard  Regional Crop  Staple Crop: Oil

A plant of the moist to wet tropics, where it is found at elevations from 60 - 1,500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 30 - 35°c, but can tolerate 4 - 45°c[418 ]. When dormant, the plant can survive temperatures down to about -2°c, but young growth can be severely damaged at -1°c[418 ]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 3,000 - 4,000mm, but tolerates 2,000 - 5,100mm[418 ]. Young plants are quire shade tolerant, but gradually become more light-demanding as they grow larger[598 ]. Requires a fairly rich, well drained soil[303 ]. Prefers a pH in the range 5 - 5.5, tolerating 4.3 - 6.9[418 ]. The tree grows very slowly and is not popular for plantations[303 ]. The plant starts producing fertile seeds when it is about 15 - 20 years old[418 ]. Its logs sink in water and should be either rafted to lighter logs or transported by road[303 ]. Endomycorrhizal associations, which fix atmospheric nitrogen, are reported in this species[303 ].

Carbon Farming

• 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.
• Staple Crop: Oil  (0-15 percent protein, 16+ percent oil). Some of these are consumed whole while others are exclusively pressed for oil. Annuals include canola, poppyseed, maize, cottonseed, sunflower, peanut. Perennials include high-oil fruits, seeds, and nuts, such as olive, coconut, avocado, oil palm, shea, pecan, and macadamia. Some perennial oil crops are consumed whole as fruits and nuts, while others are exclusively pressed for oil (and some are used fresh and for oil).