Spermacoce stachydea

Rubiaceae

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

Other

Umar Musa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · plantnet_gbif · source

Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Other

Documented native regions

Africa

Animal foodMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	22.45 – 29.91	23.07 – 29.61
Temperature of the warmest month	28.47 – 43.85	28.77 – 41.99
Temperature of the coldest month	6.59 – 22.87	8.03 – 22.39
Annual precipitation	8.48 – 3643.82	13.28 – 2217.54
Precipitation seasonality	50.64 – 197.44	53.4 – 184.48

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	6.02 – 14.78	6.5 – 9.6
Clay	%	14.68 – 23.44	17.5 – 21.1
Coarse fragments	%	3.72 – 16.96	7 – 11.7
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.47 – 0.91	0.55 – 0.68
pH	—	6 – 6.76	6.2 – 6.6
Sand	%	50.48 – 64.1	55.1 – 59.2
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	6.4 – 10.16	7.4 – 8.7

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