Balanites aegyptiaca
| Agro-ecological Zone |
|---|
| Lowlands to Midlands |
| Growth rate | Management practices | Invasiveness | Leafing Phenology | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slow | Coppicing, pruning, lopping | No | Evergreen or semi-deciduous | Kenya |
| Country | Rainfall | Temperature | Altitude | Soil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 300 - 800 | 20 - 35 | 0-2300 | Grows best in deep sands, sandy clay loams, sandy loams or clays |
| Common names/English | Kamba | Kikuyu |
|---|---|---|
| Desert date | Mulului |
| Propagation Method | Seed shelf life | Pre-sowing seed treatment | Seed Dispersal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedlings, direct sowing at site | Long-one year | unknown |
| Family | Products | Niche | AFD Taxon | AFD Link | Useful Tropical Plant Taxon | Useful Tropical Plant Link | Ecological Services | PROTA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanitaceae | Income, Fruits, Firewood, Charcoal, Timber for furniture, Timber for construction, Farm tools, Household tools, Medicine, Fodder, Gums/Resins, Dead fence | Live fence, Scattered in cropland, Scatterd in homestead, Homestead boundary/live fence, Woodlot, Along soil conservation structures | Balanites aegyptiaca | Link | Balanites aegyptiaca L. Delile | Link | Shade, Soil erosion control, Soil fertility improvement through mulch/ leaves, Wind break |
| Origin | Location |
|---|---|
| Native | Makueni |