Coffee Agroforestry Information

Coffee System

Arabica

Coffee Impact

Unknown

Prevalence

Unknown

Cultivation

Planted

Natural

Tree Management

Planted by seeds. It develops in tropical humid forests, associated with coffee and banana. Once the seeds have developed in the germinating beds, move to bags with substrate. Make a small hole in the central part of the bag and place the bare root of the seedling, pressing to remove empty spaces.

Tree Benefits and Uses

Farmer Uses

Firewood
Lumber
Medicinal
Product

It is used for the construction of houses and fences, manufacture of parquet, structures (beams, joists and columns), joinery, decorative sheets, tool handles, crafts and electric fences. The bark is used for the treatment of a variety of inflammatory diseases.

Farm Services

Coffee Shade
Reforestation

Reforestation: considered a pioneer species

Biodiversity Benefits

Citations

Solis R, Vallejos-Torres G, Arévalo L, Marín-Díaz J, Ñique-Alvarez M, Engedal T, Bruun TB (2020). Carbon stocks and the use of shade trees in different coffee growing systems in the Peruvian Amazon. The Journal of Agricultural Science 1–11. https:// doi.org/10.1017/S002185962000074X;

Soria Torres, E. M. (2006). Trabajabilidad de la madera de Pucaquiro (Sickingia williamsii), proveniente de bosques secundarios de la zona de San Martín-Perú.;

Capasso, A., Aquino, R., Tommasi, N., Piacente, S., Rastrelli, L., & Pizza, C. (2002). Neuropharmacology activity of alkaloids from South American medicinal plants. Current Medicinal Chemistry-Central Nervous System Agents, 2(1), 1-15.;

Rengifo Gonzales, L. (2011). Efecto de sustratos con micorrizas vesículo arbusculares en el crecimiento inicial de cuatro especies forestales en fase de vivero.

Tarapoto, Parodi Ramirez, Y. G. (2013). Evaluación Taxonómica de Especies Forestales Pioneras y su Valor Ambiental en el Área Recuperada del Centro de Producción e Investigación Pabloyacu, Moyobamba 2012.

Schizolobium parahyba

Pino chuncho

Siparuna sp.