Pleiocarpa mutica

Apocynaceae

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

Shrub

M.S. del., J.N.Fitch lith. · Public domain · wikimedia_commons · source

Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Shrub

Documented native regions

Africa

Environmental usesMaterialsMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	22.45 – 28.71	23.07 – 28.17
Temperature of the warmest month	28.47 – 38.79	28.77 – 37.95
Temperature of the coldest month	14.29 – 22.87	16.49 – 22.39
Annual precipitation	694.24 – 3643.82	982.12 – 2783.44
Precipitation seasonality	30.22 – 118.58	33.52 – 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	5.71 – 39.86	7.25 – 28.9
Clay	%	12.31 – 46.04	15.55 – 41.9
Coarse fragments	%	1.4 – 28.91	2.2 – 25.3
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.46 – 11.22	0.63 – 5.05
pH	—	4.4 – 6.7	4.7 – 6.2
Sand	%	32.52 – 71.47	38.92 – 65.05
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.