Olea capensis ssp. welwitschii
| Agro-ecological Zone |
|---|
| Lowlands to Midlands |
| Growth rate | Management practices | Invasiveness | Leafing Phenology | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slow | Lopping, pollarding | No | Evergreen | Kenya |
| Country | Rainfall | Temperature | Altitude | Soil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 800–1500 | 14–18 | 750-2,000 | Young trees prefer well-drained, deep, loamy and fertile soils. Once established, they are quite drought resistant and they also grow in poor soils. |
| Common names/English | Kamba | Kikuyu |
|---|---|---|
| Elgon olive | Mucarage |
| Propagation Method | Seed shelf life | Pre-sowing seed treatment | Seed Dispersal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedlings, wildings. | seed can be stored. | Birds |
| Family | Products | Niche | AFD Taxon | AFD Link | Useful Tropical Plant Taxon | Useful Tropical Plant Link | Ecological Services | PROTA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oleaceae | Firewood, Charcoal, Timber for furniture, Timber for construction, Farm tools, Medicine, Bee Forage, Dead fence | Live fence, Scattered in cropland, Scatterd in homestead, Woodlot, Along soil conservation structures | Olea capensis subsp. welwitschii (O. welwitschii) | Link | Olea capensis L. | Link | Shade, Soil erosion control, Soil fertility improvement through nitrogen-fixing | Link |
| Origin | Location |
|---|---|
| Native | Kiambu |