Bamboo vs Oil Palm
Both are Plantation. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Bamboo
Oil Palm
| Measure | Bamboo | Oil Palm |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul | Jun–Sep (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 4–6 yr | 3–4 yr to bear |
| Spacing | 5 × 5 m | 9 m triangular |
| Soil pH | 5.0–7.0 | 5.0–7.0 |
| Water | 1000–2000 | 2000–2500 |
| Temperature °C | 18–35 | 24–32 |
| Seed rate | Rhizomes | 143 palms |
| Yield | 8–15 t | 20–25 t FFB |
| Watch for | Shoot borer, witches broom | Rhinoceros beetle, bud rot |