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2. Ninety-seven agro-forestry configurations observed in 121 polycultural fields involving perennials in upland areas of the Brazilian Amazon, 1988-1992


Crops Location
African oil-palm, black pepper

Arabica coffee, coconut

Bragantina, Pará,

Ramal CEMEX, km 101 Santarém


Arabica coffee, Ingá
Arabica coffee, maize
Avocado, mamey
Banana, black pepper, manioc
Banana ("Peruará," "Nanica"),
cupuaçu, pineapple, papaya
Rurópolis, Pará,
Bragantina, Pará,
Km 104 Altamira-Itaituba, Transamazon
Tome-Acu, Pará,
Km 40 Santarém-Curuá Una, Pará,
Ricardo Ribeiro, Sitio Sapecado, vicinal
Ferrovia, km 35 PA 150 Marabá

Banana, orange, mango
Banana, passionfruit
Xinguara, Pará,
Km 18 Santarém-Curuá Una, Pará,
Nr. Ariquemes, Rondônia; Tomé-Açu,
Pará,
Banana, cupuaçu Brazil nut Araras, km 35 Transamazon, Marabá
Estreito, Pará,
Banana, passionfruit
Banana, cupuaçu, pineapple, Brazil
nut, mango, tangerine, açaí, piquiá,
jackfruit, tutarubac
Km 14 Ariquemes-Jarú, Rondônia
José Brito's lot, Lastancia, municipality
of Itupiranga, Pará,
Banana ("Peruará"), cupuaçu, papaya,
manioc ("Juriti"), Ingá, sweetsop,
grosela, mango ("Arara," "Dots
kilos"), coconut, pineapple, lime,
avocado
José Brito's lot, Lastancia, municipality
of Itupiranga, Pará,
Banana, peach-palm, cupuaçu Side-road from km 155 BR 364, Rio
Branco-Porto Velho
Barbados cherry, manioc Colonia del Rei, Ramal Maritaca, km 128
BR 10, Pará,
Black pepper, biribá, Brazil nut,b
mango, azeitona, guava, robusta
coffee ("Conilon"), pineapple
Raimundo Carneiro, São Benedito,
side-road from km 77 Santarém
Rurópolis, Pará,
Black pepper, Brazil nut, mangod Km 172 Santarém-Rurópolis, Pará,
Black pepper, cacao Ramal Anauerá, nr. Quatro Bocas, PA
256, Pará,
Black pepper, manioc Boa Esperança, km 43 Santarém-Curuá
Una, Pará,
Black pepper, coconut Miguel Pires, km 68 Santarém
Rurópolis, Pará,
Black pepper, coconut, açaí Ramal da Jupuba, PA 252, Pará,
Black pepper, coconut, peach-palm,
passionfruit
Ramal da Jupuba, PA 252, Pará,
Black pepper, cupuaçu Ramal Anauerá, nr. Quatro Bocas, PA
256, Pará,; nr. Tailfindia, PA 150, Pará,
Black pepper, orange Nr. Capitão Poço, Pará,; nr. Tomé-Açu,
Pará,; nr. Tailândia, PA 150, Pará,;
Ramal Jambu-Açu, PA 252, Pará,;
Mojui dos Campos, Pará,
Black pepper, orange, manioc,
watermelon
Ramal da Jupuba, PA 252, Pará,
Black pepper, rubber, orange, cupuaçu,
coconut, cashew
Juliano Pereira, Comunidade Boa Esper
anga, km 70 Santarem-Rur6polis, Pará,
Black pepper, pasture Nr. Theobroma, Rondônia
Black pepper, cupuaçu, freijo, arabica
coffee ("Mocha")
Trav. Bragantina, nr. Forquilha, PA 256,
Pará,
Black pepper, avocado, mango, freijo,
açaí, cashew
Trav. Bragantina, nr. Forquilha, PA 256,
Pará,
Black pepper, andiroba, coconut, freijo Trav. Bragantina, nr. Forquilha, PA 256,
Pará,
Black pepper, açaí, cupuaçu, arabica
coffee ("Bourbon"), yellow mombim
Ramal Anauerá, nr. Quatro Bocas, PA
256, Pará,
Brachiaria pasture, Caribbean pine Bragantina, Pará,
Quicuio pasture, annatto Bragantina, Pará,
Cacao, açaí, Tome-Agu, Pará, (2 farms)
Cacao, biribá Cacaulandia, Rondônia
Cacao, Brazil nut Tome-Agu, Pará, (2 farms)
Cacao, Brazil nut, freijo Tome-Agu, Pará, (2 farms)
Cacao, cedar Tomé-Açu, Pará,
Cacao, cedar, avocado, uxi Ramal Anauerá, nr. Quatro Bocas, PA 256, Pará,
Cacao, cupuaçu Ramal Anauerá, nr. Quatro Bocas, PA 256, Pará,
Cacao, freijo Tome-Agu, Pará, (2 farms)
Cacao, guava Km 82 Altamira-ltaituba, Transamazon
Cacao, mahogany Tome-Agu, Pará,
Cacao, rubber Tome-Agu, Pará, (2 farms); Fazenda São
Jorge, Ramal Murumuru, side-road
from km 33 Santarém-Curuá Una, Pará,
Cacao, rubber, tangerine, guava Nr. Jaru, Rondônia
Cacao, mango, açaí,, Erythrina, arabica
coffee, palhateira, Brazil nut,
cupuaçu andiroba
Trav. Bragantina, nr. Forquilha, PA 256, Pará,
Cashew, taro, sweet manioc, guava Km 104 Altamira-ltaituba, Transamazon
Cashew, mamey, bacuri, sweetsop Tome-Agu, Pará,
Cashew, annatto, Barbados cherry,
mango, banana ("Catave"), papaya,
jackfruit, gandu, cupuaçu, coconut,
Ingá-cipó, orange, tangerine, avo
cado, bitter manioc ("Jai-bara")
Colonia del Rei, Ramal Maritaca, km 128
BR 10, Pará,
Coconut, cupuaçu Km 3, Agrovila Coco Chato-ltupiranga,
Pará,
Coconut, passionfruit Capitão Poço, Pará,
Km 178 Manaus-ltacoatiara, Amazonas;
Coconut, orange km 74 Ruropolis-Santarem, BR 163,
Pará,; km 10 and km 22 Santarém
Curuá Una, Pará,
Coconut, lime, soursop, guava Taba plantation, nr. Mosqueiro, Pará,
Cupuaçu, banana Km 104 Altamira-ltaituba, Transamazon
Cupuaçu, freijo Tome-Agu, Pará,
Cupuaçu, peach-palm Side-road from km 155 BR 364, Rio
Branco-Porto Velho
Cupuaçu, Macacaúba, mahogany Tome-Agu, Pará,
Cupuaçu, peach-palm, Brazil nut Side-road from km 155 BR 364, Rio
Branco-Porto Velho
Cupuaçu, orange, black pepper, rubber Km 81 Altamira-ltaituba, Transamazon
Guinea grass, pineapple Lourenço Aranjo's lot, Lastancia, muni
cipality of Itupiranga, Pará,
Jackfruit, avocado, rubber, cupuaçu,
cacao
Km 80 Altamira-ltaituba, Transamazon
Mango, cattle pasture
Manioc, banana ("Branca," "Perua,"
"Casada" at Souza home)
Km 73 Manaus-Itacoatiara, Amazonas
Estrada 6, Belterra, Pará,; km 62
Santarém-Curuá Una, Pará,; km 151
Manaus-Itacoatiara, Amazonas; Nenas
Souza, km 46 Santarém-Rurópolis,
Pará,
Manioc, banana, cupuaçu, peach-palm,
Brazil nut
Side-road from km 155 BR 364, Rio
Branco-Porto Velho
Manioc, banana, cupuaçu, papaya Estrada 10, Belterra, Pará,
Manioc ("Jibarinha"), cupuaçu, sweet
potato
Elias Magres, São Joao Batista, munici
parity of Itupiranga, Pará,
Manioc, cupuaçu, orange ("Serra
d'água"), avocado
Casa 16, Estrada 10, Belterra, Pará,
Manioc (sweet: "Boliviana"), maize,
banana ("Baie," "Anaja," "roxo")
Sergio Freitas, km 56 Santarém
Rurópolis, Pará,
Manioc, jaranar Francisco Lira, Comunidade Cipoal, km
15 Santarém-Rurópolis, Pará,
Manioc, orange Estrada 10, and case 10, Estrada 6,
Belterra, Pará,; Francisco Lira,
Comunidade Cipo al , km 1 5 Santarém
Rurópolis, Pará,; km 21 Santarém
Curuá Una, Pará,
Manioc, papaya Km 60, Santarém-Curuá Una, Pará,
Manioc, passionfruit Casa 10, Estrada 6, Belterra, Pará,
Orange, robusta coffee ("Conilon"),
coconut, rubber, cacao
Juliano Pereira, Comunidade Boa Esper
anga, km 70 Santarém-Rurópolis, Pará,
Orange, Brazil nut, cupuaçu, banana,
cacao, annatto, biribá, avocado,
jackfruit, sweetsop
Estrada 6, Belterra, 2.6 km from the
Santarém-Rurópolis Highway
Orange, manioc Colonia del Rei, Ramal Maritaca, km 128
BR 10, Pará,
Orange, manioc rubber Km 70 Manaus-Itacoatiara, Amazonas
Orange, cotton Capitão Poço, Pará,
Orange, cupuaçu Casa 10, Estrada 6, Belterra, Pará,
Orange, Passionfruit Nr. Igarapé-Açu, Bragantina; near Tomé
Açu, Pará, Francisco Lira,
Comunidade Cipoal, km 15 Santarém
Rurópolis, Pará,
Orange, pineapple, tangerine Colonia del Rei, Ramal Maritaca, km 128
BR 10, Pará,
Orange, cattle pasture
Orange, rubber
Km 73 Manaus-ltacoatiara, Amazonas
Km 70, km 110, and km 112 Manaus
ltacoatiara, Amazonas
Passionfruit, African oil-palm
Passionfruit, Barbados cherry
Bragantina, Pará,
Granja Soc, km 35 Santarém-Curuá Una,
Pará,
Peach-palm, guaraná
Robusta coffee, rubber
Nr. Jarú, Rondônia
Side-road from km 155 BR 364, Rio
Branco-Porto Velho
Robusta coffee, common bean
Robusta coffee, mahogany, cedar
Km 104 Altamira-ltaituba, Transamazon
Side-road from km 155 BR 364, Rio
Branco-Porto Velho
Robusta coffee, rubber, tangerine, guava Nr. Theobroma, Rondônia
Robusta coffee, rubber, biribá Nr. Jarú, Rondônia
Robusta coffee, cacao, avocado Km 104 Altamira-ltaituba, Transamazon
Robusta coffee, mahogany, pineapple, coconut Colonia del Rei, Ramal Maritaca, km
128, BR 10, Pará,
Rubber, black pepper Bragantina, Pará, Capitão Poço Pará,
Rubber, brachiarão pasture Nr. Ariquemes, Rondônia
Rubber, cacao Km 70 BR 364 Rio Branco-Porto Velho
Rubber, Passionfruit Nr. Vila Forquilha, PA 256, Pará,
Tangerine, rubber Nenas Souza, km 46 Santarém Rurópolis, Pará,

Note: Crops are listed in approximate order of current importance in terms of production and

income, although this order is difficult to ascertain in many cases. Commodity prices fluctuate

and agro-forestry systems are highly dynamic, with some crops on the verge of being phased out while others are just coming on line.

a. For scientific names of plants see appendix 1.

b. Spontaneous.

c. Wild fruit tree spared when the forest was cut.

d. The few Brazil nut and mango trees are spontaneous.

e. Farmer reports that this is not a good combination because of guava's aggressive root system and competition for water.

f. Forest tree left standing; used for making fence posts.


3. Seventy-four plant species (exclusive of ornamentals, medicinal plants, and vegetables) found in 31 home gardens in upland areas of rural Pará,, 1992


Plant Local name of fruit Home
gardens
Amazon
native
Native to
neotropics
Old
World
native
Açai Açai 10 +    
Ameixa Ameixa 4     +
Annatto Urucu 15 +    
Arabica coffee Cafe 14     +
Avocado Abacate 16   +  
Azeitona Azeitona 2 +    
Babaçu Babaçu, côco 3 +    
Bacaba Bacaba 5 +    
Banana Banana 15     +
Barbados cherry Acerola 2   +  
biribá biribá 8 +    
Black pepper Pimento do reino 6   +  
Brazil nut Castanha do Pará, 6 +    
Breadfruit Fruta-pão 1     +
Buriti Buriti 1 +    
Cacao Cacao 10 +    
Caimito Abiu 1 +    
Calabash gourd Cuia 5     +
Canela Canela 1 +    
Capsicum pepper Pimenta 5 +    
Carambola Carambola 2     +
Cashew Caju 19 +    
Cedar Cedro 1 +    
Coconut côco 16   +  
Common bean Feijão 1   +  
Cotton Algodão 7 +    
Cumaru Cumaru 1     +
Cunambi Cunambi 1 +    
Cupuaçu Cupuaçu 21     +
Cupui Cupui 1 +    
Embileira Embileira 1 +    
Genipap Jenipapo 3   +  
Giant granadilla Maracujá-açu 1   +  
Guava Goiaba 18 +    
Ingá Ingá 6 +    
Ingá-açu Ingá-açu 1 +    
Jackfruit Jaca 15     +
Jangada Jangada 1 +    
Lima Lima 4     +
Lime Limão 14   +  
Lemon grass Capim santo 1   + +
Macacaúba Macacaúba 2 +    
Malay apple Jambo 7 +    
Mamelo Mamelo 1 +    
Mango Manga 27   +  
Manioc Mandhioca, macaxeira 5 +    
Morototó Morototó 1 +    
Mountain soursop Araticum 1   +  
Mucaja Mucaja 2 +    
Muruci Muruci 8 +    
Oiticica Oiticica 1     +
Orange Laranja 25   +  
Pajura Pajura 1 +    
Papaya Mamão 10   +  
Passionfruit Maracujá 4   +  
Peach-palm Pupunha 13 +    
Pineapple Abacaxi 11   +  
piquiá piquiá 1 +    
Pitinga Pitinga 1 +    
Pitomba Pitomba 2 +    
Robusta coffee Cafe 2     +
Rough lemon Limão-cravo 3     +
Rubber Seringa 1 +    
Soursop Graviola 9 +    
Sugarcane Cana 4     +
Sweet potato Batata doce 1   +  
Sweetsop Ata 1   +  
Tamarind Tamarindo 1     +
Tangerine Tangerina 14     +
Tobacco Fumo 1   +  
Tropical almond Castanhola 1     +
Tucumã Tucumã I +    
Uxi Uxi 1 +    
Yellow mombim Cajá, taperebá 6 +    

Sources of information on aop origins: Cavalcante (1991); Smith et al. (1992). a. For scienti6c names of planes see appendix 1.


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