Oil Palm vs Tea
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.
Oil Palm
Tea
| Measure | Oil Palm | Tea |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Sep (planting) | Jun–Aug (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 3–4 yr to bear | 3–4 yr to pluck |
| Spacing | 9 m triangular | 1.2 × 0.75 m |
| Soil pH | 5.0–7.0 | 4.5–5.5 |
| Water | 2000–2500 | 2000–2500 |
| Temperature °C | 24–32 | 18–30 |
| Seed rate | 143 palms | 13 k plants |
| Yield | 20–25 t FFB | 2–3 t made tea |
| Watch for | Rhinoceros beetle, bud rot | Red spider mite, blister blight |