Ziziphus mucronata
| Agro-ecological Zone |
|---|
| Lowlands to Midlands |
| Growth rate | Management practices | Invasiveness | Leafing Phenology | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast growing for dry areas | Lopping, pollarding, coppicing | No | Semi-deciduous | Kenya |
| Country | Rainfall | Temperature | Altitude | Soil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 446 - 1200 | 8 to 36 | 0 - 2000 | Fluvisols and a variety of fine texture soils. Tolerant to shallow soils, seasonal waterlogging, salt spray and soil salinity |
| Common names/English | Kamba | Kikuyu |
|---|---|---|
| The buffalo thorn | Muae/Kitolosuu |
| Propagation Method | Seed shelf life | Pre-sowing seed treatment | Seed Dispersal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedlings, direct sowing at site | Uncracked stones can be stored for long periods (1 year). | Birds |
| Family | Products | Niche | AFD Taxon | AFD Link | Useful Tropical Plant Taxon | Useful Tropical Plant Link | Ecological Services | PROTA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhamnaceae | Fruits, Firewood, Charcoal, Timber for construction, Farm tools, Household tools, Medicine, Fodder, Dead fence | Live fence, Scattered in cropland, Scatterd in homestead, Homestead boundary/live fence, Along soil conservation structures | Ziziphus mucronata | Link | Ziziphus mucronata Willd. | Link | Shade, Soil erosion control, Wind break |
| Origin | Location |
|---|---|
| Native | Makueni |