Round leaved kiaat - Pterocarpus rotundifolius ( edit )

Botany

Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Sub-family: Faboideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Pterocarpus rotundifolius
Common name: Round leaved kiaat

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Origin

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Southern Africa
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
timber
Harvest method:
total removing
Shelf life:
long shelf life
Yield first season:
0
Yield top season:
0
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
beverage
Medicinal
fresh leaf
low
- n/a -
_
_
medicals
Lipids ( )
inapplicable
0
liphids
Apiculture:
good
honey
Fruit:
inedible
fruits
Nut:
inedible
nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
good
820ρ 880ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 8 credits 4,500 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • timber
  • fodder
  • apiculture
  • ornamental
  • ornamental

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Plant Details

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Crown

Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
19
m tallest
Crown width:
12
m widest
Planting distance:
300
cm
Row distance:
300
cm
Growing speed:
fast
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: 2 - 7 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
30
Years fastest
Lifespan:
60
Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration

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

Environment

Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 500m 1050 m 1,600m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 5°C 14°C 26°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 600 mm 1150 mm 1,700 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 6.0 7.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
sand
Climate:
tropical

Seeds

Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
48
months
Seed weight:
4,500
5,500
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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