Senegalia polyacantha/Acacia polyacantha
| Agro-ecological Zone |
|---|
| Lowlands to Midlands |
| Growth rate | Management practices | Invasiveness | Leafing Phenology | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast | Pollarding, coppicing, pruning | Yes | Deciduous | Kenya |
| Country | Rainfall | Temperature | Altitude | Soil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 300-1 000 | unknown | 200-1 800 | Alluvial soils with a good mix of clay and sand. Occasionally found on stony slopes and compacted soils. |
| Common names/English | Kamba | Kikuyu |
|---|---|---|
| White thorn | Kivovoa/Mwelele/Kivuvwa |
| Propagation Method | Seed shelf life | Pre-sowing seed treatment | Seed Dispersal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedlings, wildings, direct sowing at site | Seeds can be stored for long period is kept insect free | unknown |
| Family | Products | Niche | AFD Taxon | AFD Link | Useful Tropical Plant Taxon | Useful Tropical Plant Link | Ecological Services | PROTA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabaceae | Other Foods (including nuts), Firewood, Charcoal, Farm tools, Medicine, Fodder, Bee Forage, Dead fence | Live fence, Scattered in cropland, Woodlot | Acacia polyacantha ssp. polyacantha Willd. | Link | Senegalia polyacantha (Willd) Seigler & Ebinger | Link | Shade, Soil erosion control, Soil fertility improvement through nitrogen-fixing |
| Origin | Location |
|---|---|
| Native | Makueni |