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Cinchona vs Coconut

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.

Cinchona Coconut

Measure Cinchona Coconut
Season Perennial Perennial
Sowing window Jun–Jul Jun–Jul (planting)
Days to harvest 8–12 yr 5–6 yr to bear
Spacing 2 × 2 m 7.5 × 7.5 m
Soil pH 4.5–6.0 5.5–7.5
Water 1800–3000 1300–2300
Temperature °C 15–25 20–32
Seed rate Nursery 175 palms
Yield 2–4 t 80–120 nuts/palm
Watch for Root rot, leaf spot Rhinoceros beetle, red palm weevil, root wilt

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Crop Sow Days pH Temp °C Yield
Pyrethrum Sep–Oct 2–3 yr 5.5–7.0 10–22 0.8–1.5 t
Tea Jun–Aug (planting) 3–4 yr to pluck 4.5–5.5 18–30 2–3 t made tea
Coffee Jun–Jul (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 6.0–6.5 15–28 1–1.5 t clean
Cashew Jun–Jul (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 5.5–7.0 20–35 1–1.5 t nuts
Cocoa Jun–Jul (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 5.5–7.0 20–30 1–1.5 t dry bean
Oil Palm Jun–Sep (planting) 3–4 yr to bear 5.0–7.0 24–32 20–25 t FFB
Bamboo Jun–Jul 4–6 yr 5.0–7.0 18–35 8–15 t
Coconut Jun–Jul (planting) 5–6 yr to bear 5.5–7.5 20–32 80–120 nuts/palm
Arecanut Jun–Jul (planting) 5–7 yr to bear 5.5–7.0 20–32 2–3 t dry kernel
Palmarosa Jun–Jul 5–6 mo 6.0–8.0 20–35 15–25 t
Rubber Jun–Jul (planting) 6–7 yr to tap 4.5–6.0 25–34 1.5–2 t dry rubber
Citronella Jun–Jul 6–8 mo 5.5–7.5 20–32 20–30 t
Betel Vine Jun–Jul 6–8 mo 6.5–7.5 20–32 50–60 lakh leaves
Rattan Jun–Jul 7–10 yr 4.5–6.5 22–32 2–4 t

5 more in this list. All 538 crops, with every column → The sowing year →