Description and Uses
Prosopis alba (White algarrobo) is a
tropical
tree from
Andes . It is mainly grown for its
fruit crops
, which have a
long shelf life. The crop is harvested by
hand picking. It starts flowering after
3 -
7 years. The yield will be
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nut, fruit, timber, fuel, fodder, apiculture, poison herbicide. The
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bark is used as "
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proteins (9 -
11) as its significant
phytochemical. There is
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tree's
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tree's wood is called
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800 -
1,000 kg/m³. Regarding firewood production the
tree's growing speed is
medium, it's energetic value is
4400 ckal/kg and the wood's drying speed is
fast. After
20 years the
tree can be totally removed as it reached its commercial and ecological goal.
Prosopis alba has a lifespan of
120 years.
Environmental limitations
The tree is
12 meters tall with a crown of
8 meters wide. The
tree prefers a planting distance of
500 cm and a row distance of
750 cm. It is
fast growing and
intolerant to shade.
Prosopis alba has a
deep root-system and it has symbiotic associations with the
fungi
(endo-mycorrhiza). It is
able to fix nitrogen moderately with
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tree's flower-morphology is
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bees.
Prosopis alba is
deciduous in dry season and
a bit allelopathic and has
thorns.
Prosopis alba thrives in an altitude of
0 to
1000 meters above sea-level
(tropical). The minimum temperature is
-6°C; optimally between
10 -
35°C. The optimal rainfall is
350
mm/year. Without irrigation the annual rainfall should be between
100 -
500mm (L/m²). The optimal soil-pH is between
5.0 -
7.0 in a soil texture of
clay. To salt it is
very tolerant to wind
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a bit tolerant.
Pests and Diseases
Prosopis alba is susceptible to the following pests:
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Seed Propagation
Seeds are
orthodox and can be stored for
30 months. There are approximative
7750
seeds/kg. The seeds can be propagated as followed:
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