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Gmelina arborea

Description
Life form	tree	Physiology	deciduous, single stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture, fruits & nuts, materials, ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	22	34	16	46	Soil texture	heavy, medium	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1500	2500	750	5000	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	5	5	30	30	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2100	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5	6	4	7.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	clear skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	1	Killing temp. early growth	1
Abiotic toler.	fire	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	240	300
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	fruits
food & beverage	minerals	fruits
animal food (feed)	vitamins	leaves
animal food (feed)	minerals	leaves
animal food (feed)	vitamins	stems
animal food (feed)	minerals	stems
material	timber wood	bark
material	paper	bark
material	honey	flowers
fuels	fuelwood	bark
fuels	charcoal	bark
medicinal		roots
medicinal		stems
medicinal		fruits
medicinal		exudates
environmental	shade & shelter	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant
environmental	agroforestry	entire plant
non-vertebrate food	vitamins	leaves
non-vertebrate food	minerals	leaves