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Tylosema fassoglense

Creeping Bauhinia

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

Climber

Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Climber

Documented native regions
Africa

Documented uses

Animal foodHuman foodMaterialsMedicinal use

Documented climate envelope

VariableObserved rangeCentral range
Annual mean temperature15.21 – 29.1715.81 – 28.63
Temperature of the warmest month21.01 – 40.3322.45 – 39.61
Temperature of the coldest month2.47 – 22.653.31 – 21.57
Annual precipitation25.62 – 2252.8864.48 – 1857.42
Precipitation seasonality22.7 – 180.9227.5 – 165.44

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(+)/kg4.61 – 41.996 – 35.67
Clay%5.21 – 48.687.97 – 39.42
Coarse fragments%0.7 – 28.71.45 – 23.4
Total nitrogeng/kg0.45 – 3.50.54 – 2.5
pH—4.5 – 8.884.8 – 8.7
Sand%21.14 – 82.5629.1 – 78.7
Soil organic carbong/kg2.8 – 67.023.48 – 45.92

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

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