Kino tree - Pterocarpus erinaceus ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Sub-family: Faboideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Pterocarpus erinaceus
Common name: Kino tree

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Origin
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West Africa
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Uses

Main use:
timber
Harvest method:
hand picking
Shelf life:
short shelf life
Yield first season:
0.1
Yield top season:
0.8
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
major food
Medicinal
bark
low
 - n/a -
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0
 medicals
Lipids ( )
inapplicable
0
liphids
Apiculture:
very good
 honey
Fruit:
inedible
 fruits
Nut:
low
 nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
good
800ρ 890ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 7.5 credits 4,900 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • nut
  • edible leave/shoot
  • fodder
  • apiculture
  • timber
  • fuel
  • gum/resin
  • ornamental
  • tannin
  • ornamental

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Plant Details

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
13
 m tallest
Crown width:
7
 m widest
Planting distance:
300
 cm
Row distance:
300
 cm
Growing speed:
medium
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
full sun
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
shallow
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
M-fungi
N-fixing:
able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 12 - 20 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:
bees
 specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: decidious in dry season specials
Invasiveness: not invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 300 m 600m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 6°C 15°C 32°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 600 mm 900 mm 1,200 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.0 5.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
36
 months
Seed weight:
4,000
4,400
 seeds/kg

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

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Diseases:

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