Carpolobia alba

Poor man’s candle

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

Shrub

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Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Shrub

Documented native regions

Africa

Environmental usesFuelGene sourcesHuman foodMaterialsMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	16.43 – 28.71	18.65 – 28.17
Temperature of the warmest month	20.23 – 38.79	21.85 – 37.95
Temperature of the coldest month	9.43 – 22.89	9.97 – 21.99
Annual precipitation	694.24 – 4960.86	982.12 – 4736.7
Precipitation seasonality	22.7 – 131.36	27.5 – 131

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	9.1 – 22.5	11.4 – 15.6
Clay	%	22.2 – 46.1	27.4 – 39.5
Coarse fragments	%	2.9 – 20.5	6.4 – 12.7
Total nitrogen	g/kg	1.43 – 4.04	1.9 – 2.86
pH	—	4.5 – 5.4	4.7 – 5
Sand	%	37.5 – 63	41.1 – 52.1
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	19.48 – 54.33	26.48 – 37.88

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