Grewia bicolor
Agro-ecological Zone |
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Lowlands to Midlands |
Growth rate | Management practices | Invasiveness | Leafing Phenology | Location |
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Medium | Pollarding, coppicing, lopping, pruning | No | Evergreen | Kenya |
Country | Rainfall | Temperature | Altitude | Soil |
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Kenya | 600 - 1700 | 25-31 | 0 - 2300 | loam or light sandy soils |
Common names/English | Kamba | Kikuyu | Maasai | Samburu |
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Bastard brandy bush/White raisin | Ngalawa/Ndawa/Mulawa/Kikalawa | Ositeti/Sitet | Lagrat denai/Lkarraiyo/Seteti |
Propagation Method | Seed shelf life | Pre-sowing seed treatment | Seed Dispersal |
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Seed, seedlings, wildings, direct sowing at site, root suckers | 1 year if kept dry and at room temperature | Soak for 12 hours in cold water | Cattle |
Family | Products | Niche | AFD Taxon | AFD Link | Useful Tropical Plant Taxon | Useful Tropical Plant Link | Ecological Services | PROTA | Other Links |
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Tiliaceae | Fruits, Firewood, Timber for construction, Household tools, Medicine, Fodder, Fibre | Live fence, Cropland boundary, Scattered in cropland, Scatterd in homestead, Homestead boundary/live fence, Woodlot, Road boundary/ openland | Grevillea robusta | Link | Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. Ex R.Br | Link | Shade, Soil erosion control, Soil fertility improvement through mulch/ leaves, Wind break | Link |
Cultural Uses |
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