Operculina macrocarpa

Brazilian jalap · Convolvulaceae

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

ConvolvulaceaeClimber

Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil · CC BY 2.0 · wikimedia_commons · source

Identity and native distribution

Family

Convolvulaceae

Life form

Climber

Documented native regions

AfricaCentral America and CaribbeanSouth America

Environmental usesMaterialsMedicinal useSocial uses

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	19.57 – 28.51	19.87 – 28.03
Temperature of the warmest month	25.59 – 37.49	26.45 – 37.05
Temperature of the coldest month	11.15 – 23.91	11.57 – 23.79
Annual precipitation	503.74 – 2711	595.84 – 2585.38
Precipitation seasonality	30 – 112	35.74 – 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	7.11 – 39.86	8.3 – 28.9
Clay	%	13.92 – 46.08	19.65 – 44.35
Coarse fragments	%	0.51 – 28.06	1.4 – 22.05
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.84 – 11.22	1 – 5.05
pH	—	4 – 6.88	4.1 – 6.53
Sand	%	15.39 – 69.79	25.3 – 62.75
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	7.22 – 90.21	10.22 – 63.4

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