Sideroxylon foetidissimum

Barbados-mastic · Sapotaceae

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

SapotaceaeTree

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Sapotaceae

Life form

Tree

Documented native regions

North AmericaCentral America and Caribbean

Human foodMaterialsMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	13.53 – 27.17	14.85 – 26.89
Temperature of the warmest month	20.05 – 36.43	22.09 – 36.01
Temperature of the coldest month	7.19 – 24.41	8.21 – 24.35
Annual precipitation	646.4 – 3024.2	909.08 – 2758.34
Precipitation seasonality	25.48 – 77.46	28.28 – 74.52

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	11.72 – 15.2	13.47 – 15.07
Clay	%	25.48 – 39.9	26.82 – 32.2
Coarse fragments	%	2.44 – 15.5	3.02 – 15.3
Total nitrogen	g/kg	1.58 – 2.06	1.83 – 1.93
pH	—	4.2 – 5.11	4.47 – 4.88
Sand	%	18.5 – 47.91	34.8 – 40.5
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	23.4 – 89.94	24.12 – 61.5

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