African mesquite - Prosopis africana ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Sub-family: Mimosoideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Prosopis africana
Common name: African mesquite

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Origin
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North Africa
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Uses

Main use:
timber
Harvest method:
hand picking
Shelf life:
long shelf life
Yield first season:
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Yield top season:
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Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
major food
Medicinal
fresh leaf
low
?
?
 medicals
Lipids ( )
inapplicable
?
liphids
Apiculture:
low
 honey
Fruit:
inedible
 fruits
Nut:
low
 nuts
Fodder:
fodder
Wood stem / wood
very good
700ρ 900ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 5 credits 4,300 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • nut
  • tannin
  • timber
  • fuel
  • fodder
  • gum/resin
  • poison/herbicide
  • ornamental
  • mulch
  • fertilization
  • ornamental

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Plant Details

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
18
 m tallest
Crown width:
11
 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:
able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 3 - 7 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
30
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
150
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: specials
Pollinators:
bees
 specials
Allelopathy: a bit allelopathic resists
Abscission: decidious in dry season specials
Invasiveness: a bit invasive weeds
Thorns: thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 500 m 1,000m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 0°C 20°C 36°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 300 mm 550 mm 800 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.0 6.5 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
orthodox
Seed viability:
1
 months
Seed weight:
0
0
 seeds/kg

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

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Diseases:

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