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Dischidia nummularia

Button orchid

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

Climber

Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Climber

Documented native regions
Temperate AsiaTropical AsiaAustralasia

Documented uses

Human foodMaterialsMedicinal use

Documented climate envelope

VariableObserved rangeCentral range
Annual mean temperature-0.99 – 28.398.61 – 28.25
Temperature of the warmest month11.37 – 37.6316.27 – 37.15
Temperature of the coldest month-18.27 – 25.17-5.79 – 24.57
Annual precipitation464.26 – 5884.7586.18 – 4805.3
Precipitation seasonality7.1 – 120.747.64 – 109.88

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(+)/kg7.54 – 17.2711 – 15.47
Clay%17.93 – 30.720.62 – 24.68
Coarse fragments%4.87 – 10.966.75 – 9.28
Total nitrogeng/kg0.84 – 2.111.05 – 1.53
pH—5.27 – 5.965.5 – 5.6
Sand%46.5 – 66.0652.8 – 61.95
Soil organic carbong/kg13.04 – 37.7315.2 – 27.85

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

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