Vangueria infausta

Agro-ecological Zone
Lowlands
Growth rate Management practices Invasiveness Leafing Phenology Location
Slow Coppicing, pruning No Deciduous Rwanda
Country Rainfall Temperature Altitude Soil
Rwanda 1 000- 1 500 17-28 350-1 250 Prefers red or yellow-red, gritty sandy clay loams (latosolic soils) and brown clay loams. Also found on red to dark red friable clays with laterite horizon and on coral-rag soils derived from granites and granodiorite rocks
Kinyarwanda
Umusagara
Family Products Niche AFD Taxon AFD Link Useful Tropical Plant Taxon Useful Tropical Plant Link Ecological Services PROTA
Rubiaceae Fruits, Other Foods, Firewood, Farm tools, Medicine, Fodder Scattered in cropland Vangueria infausta Vangueria infausta Ornamental, Shade
Origin Location
Native Bugesera