Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortKhaya senegalensis
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | tree | Physiology | evergreen, deciduous |
| Habit | erect | Category | materials, medicinals & aromatic, forest/wood, environmental |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | deep (>>150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 29 | 38 | 13 | 42 | Soil texture | heavy, medium | heavy, medium |
| Rainfall (annual) | 800 | 1300 | 650 | 1500 | Soil fertility | high | moderate |
| Latitude | 8 | 8 | 15 | 15 | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | 1800 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 5 | 6 | 4.5 | 7.5 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry) |
| Light intensity | very bright | clear skies | very bright | light shade | |||
| Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw) | Photoperiod | short day (<12 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | no input | Killing temp. early growth | no input |
| Abiotic toler. | drought | Abiotic suscept. | |
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | Crop cycle | 150 | 210 | |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| environmental | shade & shelter | entire plant |
| material | timber wood | bark |
| material | gums/resins | exudates |
| material | dye/tannin | stems |
| medicinal | stems | |
| fuels | fuelwood | bark |