Strychnos usambarensis

Little Monkey-Orange

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

Shrub

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Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Shrub

Documented native regions

Africa

FuelMaterialsMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	15.21 – 28.85	15.81 – 28.49
Temperature of the warmest month	21.01 – 40.05	22.45 – 39.75
Temperature of the coldest month	2.47 – 22.87	3.31 – 22.39
Annual precipitation	384.08 – 3010.18	478.58 – 2783.44
Precipitation seasonality	22.7 – 127.5	27.5 – 125.22

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	15.78 – 20.64	18.3 – 19.1
Clay	%	28.98 – 36.9	29.5 – 34.7
Coarse fragments	%	6.6 – 8.64	6.6 – 8.4
Total nitrogen	g/kg	1.57 – 3.13	2.08 – 2.76
pH	—	5.6 – 6.5	5.8 – 6.2
Sand	%	32.6 – 47.22	33.5 – 45.9
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	14.5 – 30.3	20.4 – 27.7

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