Canarium schweinfurthii

African Elemi · Burseraceae

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

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Burseraceae

Life form

Tree

Documented native regions

Africa

Environmental usesFuelGene sourcesHuman foodMaterialsMedicinal useSocial uses

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	15.31 – 29.91	17.47 – 29.61
Temperature of the warmest month	20.23 – 41.31	21.85 – 41.25
Temperature of the coldest month	8.03 – 22.89	9.97 – 22.39
Annual precipitation	9.08 – 4960.86	13.28 – 4736.7
Precipitation seasonality	22.7 – 197.44	27.5 – 184.48

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

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	4.61 – 41.99	6 – 35.67
Clay	%	10.33 – 48.68	14.18 – 41.9
Coarse fragments	%	0.7 – 28.91	1.48 – 25.3
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.36 – 11.22	0.4 – 5.05
pH	—	4.4 – 8.38	4.7 – 8.2
Sand	%	21.14 – 82.79	29.1 – 80.17
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	3.2 – 96.43	3.7 – 71.05

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