Cordia africana
| Agro-ecological Zone |
|---|
| All zones |
| Growth rate | Management practices | Invasiveness | Leafing Phenology | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reasonably fast growing | Pollarding, lopping, coppicing | No | unknown | Kenya |
| Country | Rainfall | Temperature | Altitude | Soil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 700-2 000 | unknown | 900–2500 | Large leafed cordia thrives in forest soil |
| Common names/English | Kamba | Kikuyu | Maasai | Samburu |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East African cordia/Sudan teak | Muvutu | Muringa | Chibulukwa/Lboringo |
| Propagation Method | Seed shelf life | Pre-sowing seed treatment | Seed Dispersal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildings, seedlings | unknown | None required | unknown |
| Family | Products | Niche | AFD Taxon | AFD Link | Useful Tropical Plant Taxon | Useful Tropical Plant Link | Ecological Services | PROTA | Other Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boraginaceae | Fruits, Firewood, Charcoal, Timber for furniture, Timber for construction, Farm tools, Household tools, Medicine, Fodder, Bee Forage, Gums/Resins, Fibre, Dead fence | Live fence, Cropland boundary, Scattered in cropland, Homestead boundary/live fence, Along soil conservation structures, Road boundary/ openland | Cordia africana | Link | Cordia africana | Link | Shade, Soil erosion control, Soil fertility improvement through nitrogen-fixing, Soil fertility improvement through mulch/ leaves, Riverbank stabilization, Wind break |
| Cultural Uses |
|---|
| Ornamental |