Azadirachta indica
Agro-ecological Zone |
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Lowlands to Midlands |
Growth rate | Management practices | Invasiveness | Leafing Phenology | Location |
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Fast | Lopping, pollarding | No | unknown | Uganda |
Country | Rainfall | Temperature | Altitude | Soil |
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Uganda | 400-1200 | Up to 40 | 0-1500 | It grows on a wide variety of neutral to alkaline soils but performs better than most species on shallow, stony, sandy soils, or in places where there is a hard calcareous or clay pan not far below the surface. It grows best on soils with a pH of 6.2-7 |
Lugishu |
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Neem |
Family | Products | Niche | AFD Taxon | AFD Link | Useful Tropical Plant Taxon | Useful Tropical Plant Link | Ecological Services | Prota Link |
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Meliaceae | Firewood, Timmber for furniture, Household tools, Medicine | Scatterd in homestead, Homestead boundary/live fence | Azadirachta indica | Link | Ornamental, Shade, Wind break | Link |