Mutati tree - Polyscias kikuyuensis ( edit )

Botany

Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Sub-family: Aralioideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Polyscias kikuyuensis
Common name: Mutati tree

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Origin

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East Africa
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
timber
Harvest method:
Shelf life:
Yield first season:
Yield top season:
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
Medicinal
medicals
Lipids ( )
liphids
Apiculture:
honey
Fruit:
fruits
Nut:
nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
fair
timber
Fuel: stem / wood -2.5 credits 0 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • ornamental
  • mulch
  • timber

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Plant Details

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Crown

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
25
m tallest
Crown width:
12
m widest
Planting distance:
300
cm
Row distance:
300
cm
Growing speed:
fast
fastest
Shade tolerance:
partial shade
umbra

Roots

Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
shallow
hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
M-fungi
N-fixing:
not able to
N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 0 - 0 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
45
Years fastest
Lifespan:
50
Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration

Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: bi-sexual
specials
Pollinators:
insects
specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: specials
Invasiveness: not invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment

Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 1,750m 2250 m 2,750m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: -1°C 13°C 22°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 700 mm 1350 mm 2,000 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.5 7.0 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
tropical

Seeds

Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
25
months
Seed weight:
290,000
330,000
seeds/kg

Tolerances

Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
intolerant
tolerants
Wind tolerance:
tolerants
Fire tolerance:
intolerant
tolerants

Pests and Diseases

Pests:
Diseases:

Propagation instruction

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Seeds Market

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Additional Photos

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