Chamaecrista kirkii

Fabaceae

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 usesHuman foodMaterialsMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	15.31 – 29.91	17.07 – 29.61
Temperature of the warmest month	21.01 – 41.31	22.45 – 41.25
Temperature of the coldest month	5.11 – 22.87	5.77 – 22.39
Annual precipitation	9.08 – 4226.84	13.28 – 3812.24
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	5.5 – 35.67
Clay	%	6.91 – 48.68	9.5 – 43.52
Coarse fragments	%	0.7 – 28.91	1.45 – 25.3
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.36 – 11.22	0.4 – 5.05
pH	—	4.4 – 8.38	4.5 – 8.2
Sand	%	21.14 – 88.73	29.1 – 84.1
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	2.9 – 90.21	3.35 – 53.1

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