Musine - Croton megalocarpus ( edit ) |
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Botany |
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| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Sub-family: | Crotonoideae (subfam & crops) |
| Species: | Croton megalocarpus |
| Common name: | Musine |
Vertical photograph ( אד ) |
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| Thika, Kenya - 18 March 2016 (more photos) |
Origin |
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| East Africa (other crops from this region ) |
Uses |
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| Main use: | fuel |
| Harvest method: | ground gathering |
| Shelf life: | long shelf life |
| Yield first season: | 10 kg/tree |
| Yield top season: | 25 kg/tree seeds |
| Parameter | Concerning part | Quality | Crop's name | Proportion | Top-50 | |
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| Edibility | no part |
inedible |
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| Medicinal | bark |
low |
- n/a - |
0% |
0% |
medicals |
| Lipids | seed/nut (cold pressing ) |
medium |
croton oil |
31%
| 33%
| liphids |
| Apiculture: | good |
honey | ||||
| Fruit: | inedible |
fruits | ||||
| Nut: | inedible |
nuts | ||||
| Fodder: | low |
fodder | ||||
| Wood | stem / wood | good |
Musine wood |
0ρ | 0ρ | timber |
| Fuel: | stem / wood | -2.5 credits | 0 kcal/kg | fuelwood | ||
| Minor uses:
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assessments of other crops |
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creditsPlant Details |
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Thika, Kenya - 18 March 2016 (more photos) |
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Crown |
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| Parameter | Value | Unit | Top-50 |
| Height: | 30 |
m | tallest |
| Crown width: | 15 |
m | widest |
| Planting distance: | 600 |
cm | |
| Row distance: | 600 |
cm | |
| Growing speed: | fast |
fastest | |
| Shade tolerance: | umbra | ||
Roots |
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| Parameter | Value | Top-50 | |
| RootSystem: | 0 |
hexagon | |
| MycorRhiza: | high endo-mycorrhizae |
AM-plants | |
| Symbiotic fungi: | M-fungi | ||
| N-fixing: | not able to |
N-plants | |
| Symbiotic bacteria: | N-bact. | ||
Crop Timing |
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| Parameter | Value | Unit | Top-50 |
| First flowering: | 0 - 0 | Years | latest |
| Soonest commercial removal: | 0 |
Years | fastest |
| Lifespan: | 0 |
Years | oldest |
| InterCropModel(ICM): | |
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Regeneration |
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| Parameter | Value | Top-50 | |
| Flower morphology: | monoecious |
specials | |
| Pollinators: | specials | ||
| Allelopathy: | resists | ||
| Abscission: | specials | ||
| Invasiveness: | weeds | ||
| Thorns: | no thorns | fencers | |
Environment |
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| Parameter | min | optimal | max | Unit | Top-50 | |
| Altitude: | 1,200m | 1825 m | 2,450m | meters above sea-level | highest | |
| Temperature: | 0°C | 11°C | 26°C | Celcius | hardiest | |
| Rainfall: | 800 mm | 1350 mm | 1,900 mm | mm/year (litres/m2) | dryest | |
| Soil-pH: | 0.0 | 0.0 | pH | dryest | ||
| Soil-texture: | loam |
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| Climate: | tropical |
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Seeds |
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| Parameter | Value | Unit | |
| Seed storage: | orthodox |
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| Seed viability: | 4 |
months | |
| Seed weight: | 16,000 |
27,000 |
seeds/kg |
Tolerances |
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| Parameter | Value | Top-50 |
| Salt tolerance: | tolerants | |
| Wind tolerance: | tolerants | |
| Fire tolerance: | tolerants | |
Pests and Diseases |
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| Pests: | Diseases: | ||
Propagation instruction |
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| (more photos) | (more photos) |
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Seeds Market |
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| Demends: | Offers: | ||
| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | ||
Additional Photos |
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| Stem photo: | Crop's photo: |
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| (more photos) | (more photos) |