Lovoa trichilioides

African Walnut · Meliaceae

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

MeliaceaeTree

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Meliaceae

Life form

Tree

Documented native regions

Africa

Environmental usesFuelHuman foodMaterialsMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	16.05 – 28.71	17.07 – 28.17
Temperature of the warmest month	21.01 – 38.79	22.45 – 37.95
Temperature of the coldest month	9.43 – 22.87	9.97 – 22.39
Annual precipitation	611.92 – 4226.84	636.76 – 3812.24
Precipitation seasonality	22.7 – 118.58	27.5 – 109.72

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	5.3 – 39.86	6.92 – 28.9
Clay	%	12.31 – 46.76	15.5 – 43.52
Coarse fragments	%	0.7 – 28.91	1.48 – 25.3
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.46 – 11.22	0.63 – 5.05
pH	—	4.4 – 7.17	4.5 – 6.35
Sand	%	32.2 – 82.79	36.2 – 80.17
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	6.32 – 90.21	7.95 – 53.1

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