Centrosema brasilianum

Fabaceae

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

Climber

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Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Climber

Documented native regions

Central America and CaribbeanSouth America

Animal foodMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	5.03 – 27.91	12.59 – 27.79
Temperature of the warmest month	10.21 – 35.05	17.47 – 34.63
Temperature of the coldest month	-1.33 – 25.05	5.57 – 25.05
Annual precipitation	343.72 – 4768.34	381.64 – 3515.04
Precipitation seasonality	14.16 – 99.3	15.42 – 96.96

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	6.67 – 34.14	8.3 – 31.15
Clay	%	10.86 – 57.82	16.32 – 51.52
Coarse fragments	%	0.51 – 22.97	1.4 – 17.8
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.84 – 5.61	1 – 3.75
pH	—	4.1 – 6.3	4.5 – 6
Sand	%	8.44 – 69.79	16.18 – 62.75
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	7.22 – 103.74	10.22 – 57.45

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