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Bergia suffruticosa

Woody Bergia

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

Shrub

Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Shrub

Documented native regions
AfricaTemperate AsiaTropical Asia

Documented uses

Animal foodEnvironmental usesInvertebrate foodMaterialsMedicinal useDocumented toxicity

Documented climate envelope

VariableObserved rangeCentral range
Annual mean temperature15.31 – 29.9117.47 – 29.61
Temperature of the warmest month22.91 – 44.9125.01 – 43.95
Temperature of the coldest month-0.41 – 22.093.71 – 21.39
Annual precipitation1.24 – 2547.341.72 – 2192.5
Precipitation seasonality30.22 – 197.4433.52 – 184.48

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Documented soil preferences

VariableUnitObserved rangeCentral range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)cmol(+)/kg5.53 – 43.996.4 – 37.45
Clay%10.33 – 48.6812.57 – 40.55
Coarse fragments%1.4 – 39.872.2 – 30.5
Total nitrogeng/kg0.32 – 4.120.4 – 2.73
pH—4.7 – 8.54.78 – 8.4
Sand%18.34 – 77.827.45 – 68.65
Soil organic carbong/kg1.8 – 44.243.2 – 30.93

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.

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