SPECIES | FRUIT & USES | CROP
SPECIES | FRUIT & USES | CROP
Eventhough its benefits and economic potential have been published for over 60 years, it is surprising that none of these countries had industrialized it in the past.
• Soil improvement
• Watersheds protection
with trees exceeding
400 kg of fruit per year.
steal energy or nutrients.
but some males are needed for pollination.
In the wild, their sex can be determined only
after 8 or 10 years, when theybegin to bloom. For this reason it is necessary to graft them.
90% females and 10% males.
2. Speed up the unproductive period from 8 to 3 years.
3. Increase productivity by propagating elite material.
all year round; this nectar
attracts bees, wasps, and others
natural controllers, generating a
biological control inside the
plantation. This avoids the need of using
pesticides and allows the production
of honey in the crop
corn and forages
to 100 years old in full
production, which makes it a pension
alternative and a mechanism
for poverty eradication in the countryside.
FRUIT & USES
For its multiple uses, some communities have named Cacay “The Vegetable Cow”
FRUIT & USES
For its multiple uses, some communities have named Cacay
The Vegetable Cow”
CROP
CROP
Environmental offer required
The Cacay (Caryodendron orinocense Karsten) is a rain forest tree, native to Orinoquia and Amazon regions. Its cultivation requires drained soils, with altitud below 800 meters, above sea level,rainfall greater than 2,000 mm/year, relativehumidity of at least 70% and temperature above 25°C.
Why grow Cacay?
Environmental offer required
The Cacay (Caryodendron orinocense Karsten) is a rain forest tree, native to Orinoquia and Amazon regions. Its cultivation requires drained soils, with altitud below 800 meters, above sea level, rainfall greater than 2,000 mm/year, relative humidity of at least 70% and temperature above 25°C.
Why grow Cacay?
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