Lucky bean tree - Afzelia quanzensis ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Sub-family: Caesalpinioideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Afzelia quanzensis
Common name: Lucky bean tree

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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from prota4u (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:
0.5 m/year growth
Yield top season:
15 meter trunk
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
  • fresh leaf
  • shoot
minor food
Medicinal
seed/nut
no effect
 Crepenynic acid
0.9 mg/g
1.0 mg/g
 medicals
Lipids seed/nut
(steam distillation
)
medium
Azelia seed oil
25%
26%
 liphids
Apiculture:
good
 honey
Fruit:
inedible
 fruits
Nut:
inedible
 nuts
Fodder:
good
 fodder
Wood stem / wood
very good
Afzelia
 800ρ 810ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 6 credits 4,100 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • oil
  • timber
  • ornamental

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Plant Details
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from wikipedia (more photos)

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
24
 m tallest
Crown width:
18
 m widest
Planting distance:
400
 cm
Row distance:
400
 cm
Growing speed:
medium
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
partial shade
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
deep
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo and ecto-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
  • Glomus intraradices
  • Pisolithus tinctorius

 M-fungi
N-fixing:
able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
Rhizobium loti
 N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 4 - 7 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
55
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
100
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):
Annuals and AfzeliaMpingo

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: uni-sexual
 specials
Pollinators:
insects
 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 650 m 1,300m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 7°C 18°C 40°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 600 mm 1150 mm 1,700 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.0 7.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
sand
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
100
 months
Seed weight:
350
450
 seeds/kg

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

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Pachydissus hector
 Diseases:

Propagation instruction
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  • (1) Store harvested seeds dry at room temperature
  • (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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M.Goodier, Zimbabwe(more photos) from ebay
(more photos)

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Additional Photos
Stem photo: Crop's photo:
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from flickr (more photos) from Sound and Fair (more photos)