African blackwood mpingo - Dalbergia melanoxylon ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Sub-family: Papilionoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Dalbergia melanoxylon
Common name: African blackwood mpingo

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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Makueni, Kenya - May 2016 (more photos)

Origin
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East Africa
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
timber
Harvest method:
total removing
Shelf life:
very long shelf life
Yield first season:
n/a
Yield top season:
5 m trunk
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
no part
inedible
Medicinal
root
low
 - n/a -
0%
0%
 medicals
Lipids wood
(steam distillation
)
very good
Muvingo oil
0.50%
2%
 liphids
Apiculture:
good
 honey
Fruit:
inedible
 fruits
Nut:
inedible
 nuts
Fodder:
low
 fodder
Wood stem / wood
very good
Muvingo
 1,300ρ 1,310ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 13.25 credits 5,200 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • timber
  • oil
  • fuel
  • fodder
  • apiculture

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Plant Details
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Makueni, Kenya - May 2016 (more photos)

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
10
 m tallest
Crown width:
6
 m widest
Planting distance:
900
 cm
Row distance:
900
 cm
Growing speed:
slow
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
full sun
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
deep
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
Glomus intraradices
 M-fungi
N-fixing:
able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
  • Bradyrhizobium rifense
  • Mesorhizobium camelthorni
  • Mesorhizobium loti

 N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 10 - 20 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
60
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
300
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):
Annuals and AfzeliaMpingo

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: hermaphroditic
 specials
Pollinators:
insects
 specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: decidious in dry season specials
Invasiveness: weeds
Thorns: thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 600 m 1,200m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 0°C 18°C 35°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 700 mm 950 mm 1,200 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.0 6.0 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
10
 months
Seed weight:
18,500
40,000
 seeds/kg

Tolerances
Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Wind tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants
Fire tolerance:
a bit tolerant
 tolerants

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Batocera rubus
 Diseases:
unknown label

Propagation instruction
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  • (1) Apply fungicide to fresh harvested seeds.
  • (2) Soak the seeds overnight in warm water before sowing.
  • (3) press the seeds twice its size in the soil soil.
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Makueni, KE 2016(more photos) Liwiti, Tanzania - Dr. Kilahama
(more photos)

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Additional Photos
Stem photo: Crop's photo:
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googled (more photos) Makueni, KE 2015 (more photos)