Eucalyptus saligna

Agro-ecological Zone
Lowlands
Growth rate Management practices Invasiveness Leafing Phenology Location
Fast Coppicing No Evergreen Rwanda
Country Rainfall Temperature Altitude Soil
Rwanda 800-1800 -2 to 8-24 to 33 0-1100 Best development occurs on good quality, alluvial sandy loams. Other soils include Podsols and volcanic loams. Soils it prefers are generally moist but well drained
Kinyarwanda
Salinya
Family Products Niche AFD Taxon AFD Link Ecological Services PROTA
Myrtaceae Firewood, Charcoal, Timber for construction, Medicine, Fodder, Bee Forage, Bean Stakes Cropland boundary, Scatterd in homestead, Homestead boundary/live fence, Woodlot Eucalyptus saligna Wind break
Origin Location
Exotic Bugesera, Gishwati