Hemidesmus indicus

Apocynaceae

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

Climber

Biswarup Ganguly · CC BY 3.0 · wikimedia_commons · source

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Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Climber

Documented native regions

Tropical Asia

Human foodMaterialsMedicinal useDocumented toxicity

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	-0.99 – 28.37	8.61 – 28.25
Temperature of the warmest month	11.37 – 43.39	17.61 – 41.71
Temperature of the coldest month	-18.27 – 23.85	-5.79 – 21.77
Annual precipitation	134.24 – 5802.76	157.16 – 4182.52
Precipitation seasonality	24.02 – 141.08	24.98 – 128.36

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 – 43.99	11.07 – 37.45
Clay	%	15.02 – 46.13	20.7 – 40.55
Coarse fragments	%	3 – 30.33	5.35 – 25.6
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.46 – 19	0.59 – 7.65
pH	—	4.6 – 8.3	4.8 – 8.1
Sand	%	15.2 – 60.34	21.1 – 50.8
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	1.8 – 132.1	3.85 – 59.88

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