NativeTrial harvest → Commercial
Noni
Morinda citrifolia
Year-round fruiting from 18 months — the steadiest cash-to-ground crop in the system. Plant Out 1 is fully producing.
- Stems in ground
- 318
- Yield at maturity
- 50-96 kg fruit per tree per year
The worked case study
Cape Kimberley
One of more than 75 properties confirmed across Douglas Shire — and the first built out in full. Every other holding is at some stage of intake. This is what a property looks like once the work is done: the systems on the ground, the species in the soil, and the data behind every figure.
6
Commercial species
4
Production systems
240
Species & cultivars in the programme
01 · The commercial spine
Six species, in the ground now
The six commercial species are the cornerstone of a far broader programme — 180 native species and 60 exotic cultivars in the ground. Every other species is generating biodiversity value, carbon, and R&D data. These six were chosen for commercial development because each has confirmed demand, proven yield, and shared processing infrastructure — they are the engine that funds the rest.
NativeTrial row → Trial harvest
Tamanu
Calophyllum inophyllum
A premium oil crop — at maturity each tree carries 100 kg of fruit pressing to 5 kg of oil. Plant Out 1 reaches first fruit in 2026.
- Stems in ground
- 284
- Yield at maturity
- 100 kg fruit, pressing to 5 kg oil, per tree per year
NativeTrial row → Trial harvest
Beach Almond
Terminalia catappa
The leaves fall year-round and are collected off the ground — zero harvest cost. Two markets: the hobbyist aquarium trade and commercial aquaculture.
- Stems in ground
- 491
- Yield at maturity
- Leaves shed year-round — no harvest operation needed
ExoticTrial harvest → Commercial
Turmeric
Curcuma longa
An annual crop, intercropped under the agroforestry canopy on no extra land. Over a tonne of rhizome is ready to harvest now — the fastest cash-to-ground crop in the system.
- Stems in ground
- 1,000+
- Yield at maturity
- 0.8-1.2 kg fresh rhizome per plant
ExoticTrial row
Cacao
Theobroma cacao
The largest single crop by tree count — 1,239 trees growing under partial canopy on no extra land. A long-game anchor: first commercial harvest from 2031.
- Stems in ground
- 1,239
- Yield at maturity
- 1-2 kg dry beans per tree
ExoticTrial row
Durian
Durio zibethinus
A 100-year compounding asset — 163 trees planted December 2025 alongside 10 older trees. First commercial harvest from 2029.
- Stems in ground
- 173
- Yield at maturity
- 35-50 kg fruit per tree at peak
02 · How the land is worked
Four systems, one property
The property is worked as four production systems, each matched to what the land in that place will hold. Together they decide where every species goes — the ridges, the gullies, the cleared flats, and the edges that join the rainforest.
Silvopasture
50 haNative timber (30 ha CF + 20 ha Lot 89) · Carbon · Paper Bark EO
A designed system. Timber rows are oriented to shed cyclone wind, cyclone-resilient species at the row ends shelter the premium hardwoods inside, and the planting is staged so something is earning across the full rotation — pioneers and understorey early, carbon through the middle years, premium hardwood at the end.
Explore the silvopasture systemPaper Bark EOCalophyllum oilCarbon (ACCU)Silky Oak timberRed Cedar timber
Key risk · Red cedar shoot borer — Monitor leader every 6 weeks from Year 2. Prune affected leaders immediately.
Agroforestry
28 haCacao (20 ha CF) · Durian (25 ha Lot 89) · Ylang-Ylang · Banana nurse crop
Cacao — commodity gradeCacao — fine-flavourDurian Musang KingYlang-Ylang EOVanilla pods
Key risk · Phytophthora fungal disease — Airflow + 40–70% shade target. Overhead irrigation is the trigger. Drip only.
Cropping
30 haTurmeric · Ginger · Noni · Acmella · Moringa — 15 ha CF + 15 ha Lot 89
Noni leaf tea (50g pouch)Turmeric powder — ACO certDaintree Gold Honey (250g jar)Acmella fresh (hospitality)Acmella freeze-dried
Key risk · FNQ humidity — mould during drying — Never air-dry. Dehydrator at correct temperature is the mitigation. Solar dehydrator as backup.
Native Regeneration
70 ha70 ha restoration · Biodiversity · Carbon · Farm tours · GBR catchment
Farm tour ticketCarbon credits (ACCU)Biodiversity creditsBotanical tinctures (B2B)Research/grant income
Key risk · Funding gap before carbon (Year 1–9) — Tours + leaf harvest + grants fund restoration. Plan this cashflow gap explicitly.
03 · From trial to commercial
The decision to scale is made at first harvest — not at planting.
A trial generates the evidence that justifies a commercial commitment. Every species above is tagged with where it sits on this path.
Stage 1
Trial row
Establish and observe. A small planting proves the species grows on this soil, in this rainfall, at this altitude. Measures mortality, growth rate, first-fruit onset.
Stage 2
Trial harvest
Harvest and test. First yield off the trial planting is processed in small batches, lab-tested, and shown to buyers. Confirms the crop and the market at real scale.
Stage 3
Commercial
Scale with confirmed demand. An off-take agreement is in hand and processing is operational. Planting scales, and trial data aggregates across partner properties.
A single property pressing a tamanu trial yields a few kilograms of oil — too little to interest a manufacturer. The same trial run across dozens of confirmed properties in the shire yields hundreds of kilograms — a serious order. Land-IP is what gathers the trial data from every property into one district picture, so growers can reach a commercial trigger together that none could reach alone.
Down to the tree
Every individual tree, mapped
This case study sits at the polygon and system level. For tree-level detail — what is in the ground right now, plant by plant — ClimateForce maintains a live field map of Cape Kimberley.