Industrial Crop: Wax  Management: Standard  Regional Crop  Staple Crop: Oil

A plant for the humid tropics and subtropics, growing naturally in areas of seasonal rainfall[200 ]. Easily grown in a sunny position[314 ]. Succeeds even in calcareous soils[314 ]. Found mainly in very fertile soils, even if they are dry and gravelly[419 ]. A very slow-growing tree[419 ]. Plants can flower through most of the year[419 ]. Probably one of the more drought and wind tolerant Syagrus species and one of the few prone to rot if overwatered.

Carbon Farming

• Industrial Crop: Wax  Water resistant, malleable substances. Currently, most commercial wax is made from paraffin - a fossil fuel.
• 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).