Azadirachta indica
Family | Products | Niche | AFD Taxon | AFD Link | Ecological Services | PROTA |
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Meliaceae | Firewood, Charcoal, Timber for construction, Medicine, Fodder, Bee forage | Scattered on crop land, Scattered in homestead, Woodlot, Riparian areas | Azadirachta indica | Link | Ornamental, Live fence, Shade, Erosion control, Wind break | Link |
Agro-ecological Zone |
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Dry and moist kolla and moist weyna dega |
Growth rate | Management practices | Invasiveness | Leafing Phenology | Location |
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Fast | Lopping, pollarding | No | unknown | Ethiopia |
Country | Rainfall | Temperature | Altitude | Soil |
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Ethiopia | 400-1200 | Up to 40 | 0-1500 | It grows on a wide variety of neutral to alkaline soils but performs better than most species on shallow, stony, sandy soils, or in places where there is a hard calcareous or clay pan not far below the surface. It grows best on soils with a pH of 6.2-7 |
Amharic | Oromo |
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Kinin | Galalo, Riga-arba |
Origin | Location |
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Exotic | East Shewa |