Jacaranda mimosifolia
| Agro-ecological Zone |
|---|
| All zones |
| Growth rate | Management practices | Invasiveness | Leafing Phenology | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast | Lopping, pollarding, coppicing, pruning | No | Deciduous | Kenya |
| Country | Rainfall | Temperature | Altitude | Soil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 900- 1300 or more | 20 | 500 - 2400 | Grows best on well-drained sandy loam soils, although it will also survive on poor shallow soils. It does not tolerate waterlogged or clay soils |
| Common names/English | Kamba | Kikuyu |
|---|---|---|
| Jacaranda | Jakaranda | Mucakaranda |
| Propagation Method | Seed shelf life | Pre-sowing seed treatment | Seed Dispersal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedlings, wildings | Sow fresh seeds | Wind |
| Family | Products | Niche | AFD Taxon | AFD Link | Useful Tropical Plant Taxon | Useful Tropical Plant Link | Ecological Services | PROTA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bignoniaceae | Firewood, Timber for construction, Farm tools, Bee Forage, Dead fence | Live fence, Scatterd in homestead | Jacaranda mimosifolia | Link | Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don | Link | Soil erosion control |
| Origin | Location |
|---|---|
| Exotic | Kiambu, Makueni |