Platypodium elegans

Fabaceae

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

Tree

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Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Tree

Documented native regions

Central America and CaribbeanSouth America

Materials

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	13.41 – 27.91	16.29 – 27.79
Temperature of the warmest month	21.47 – 35.05	25.07 – 34.63
Temperature of the coldest month	5.39 – 24.43	7.61 – 24.01
Annual precipitation	503.74 – 4768.34	595.84 – 3515.04
Precipitation seasonality	14.16 – 99.3	15.42 – 96.96

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	6.67 – 28	8.3 – 22.15
Clay	%	13.92 – 57.82	20.57 – 51.52
Coarse fragments	%	0.51 – 20.1	1.4 – 12.35
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.84 – 5.61	1 – 3.75
pH	—	4 – 6.88	4.1 – 6.53
Sand	%	13.41 – 69.79	16.18 – 62.75
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	7.22 – 100.5	10.22 – 57.45

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