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Steganotaenia araliacea

Carrot Tree

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

Shrub

Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Shrub

Documented native regions
Africa

Documented uses

Animal foodEnvironmental usesFuelHuman foodMaterialsMedicinal useSocial uses

Documented climate envelope

VariableObserved rangeCentral range
Annual mean temperature15.31 – 30.7316.75 – 29.73
Temperature of the warmest month21.01 – 43.8522.45 – 41.99
Temperature of the coldest month3.19 – 22.873.43 – 22.39
Annual precipitation9.08 – 3643.8213.28 – 2783.44
Precipitation seasonality30.22 – 197.4433.52 – 184.48

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Documented soil preferences

VariableUnitObserved rangeCentral range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)cmol(+)/kg7.7 – 24.5910.2 – 16.18
Clay%13.61 – 37.8919.1 – 28.07
Coarse fragments%2.8 – 21.85 – 14.1
Total nitrogeng/kg0.59 – 2.210.87 – 1.43
pH—5.41 – 7.55.9 – 6.6
Sand%35.6 – 71.5952.12 – 63.5
Soil organic carbong/kg5.1 – 26.88.3 – 17

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

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