Lonchocarpus eriocalyx
| Agro-ecological Zone |
|---|
| Lowlands |
| Growth rate | Management practices | Invasiveness | Leafing Phenology | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very fast growing | Lopping, coppicing | Yes | Evergreen | Kenya |
| Country | Rainfall | Temperature | Altitude | Soil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 650-3000 | 25-30 | 0-1500 | Performs optimally on calcareous soils but can be found on saline soils and on alkaline soils up to pH 8 |
| Common names/English | Kamba | Kikuyu | Maasai | Samburu |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broad lance-pod | King'uthi, king'uuthe | Lucina |
| Propagation Method | Seed shelf life | Pre-sowing seed treatment | Seed Dispersal |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | Unknown | Unknown | unknown |
| Family | Products | Niche | AFD Taxon | AFD Link | Useful Tropical Plant Taxon | Useful Tropical Plant Link | Ecological Services | PROTA | Other Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabaceae | Medicine | Live fence, Scattered in cropland, Scatterd in homestead, Homestead boundary/live fence | Leucaena leucocephala | Link | Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit. | Link | Shade, Soil erosion control, Soil fertility improvement through nitrogen-fixing, Soil fertility improvement through mulch/ leaves |
| Cultural Uses |
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