Red stinkwood - Prunus africana ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Sub-family: Amygdaloideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Prunus africana
Common name: Red stinkwood

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Origin
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East Africa
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Uses

Main use:
medicinal
Harvest method:
pruning
Shelf life:
medium shelf life
Yield first season:
Yield top season:
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
beverage
Medicinal
bark
no effect
 pygeum
?
?
 medicals
Lipids ( )
inapplicable
liphids
Apiculture:
low
 honey
Fruit:
inedible
 fruits
Nut:
inedible
 nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
good
580ρ 640ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 2.75 credits 4,500 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • fuel
  • apiculture
  • timber
  • poison/herbicide
  • ornamental
  • mulch
  • ornamental

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Plant Details

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
25
 m tallest
Crown width:
17
 m widest
Planting distance:
600
 cm
Row distance:
600
 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:
M-fungi
N-fixing:
not able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 8 - 11 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
30
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
200
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: hermaphroditic
 specials
Pollinators:
bees
 specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: evergreen specials
Invasiveness: not invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 900m 2150 m 3,400m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 2°C 18°C 26°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 890 mm 1745 mm 2,600 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:
recalcitrant
Seed viability:
100
 months
Seed weight:
0
0
 seeds/kg

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

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Diseases:

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