Xylia xylocarpa var. kerrii (Craib & Hutch.) I.C.Nielsen

Variety

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Characteristics

A medium sized tree. It grows 30 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The trunk is straight and the branches are slender. They droop. The bark is red-brown and peels in rounded flakes. The leaves are twice divided. There is one pair of pinnae 7-30 cm long and 3-7 pairs of leaflets on each. There are about 90 flowers in a group. The flowers are white. They have a slight scent. The fruit is a pod that is curved and 10-17 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. There are 6-10 seeds. These are flat and 11-20 mm long by 7-12 mm wide. They are dark brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 27.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests near Chiang Mai Thailand. It grows up to 700 m above sea level.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 36
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Productivity -

Distribution

Xylia xylocarpa var. kerrii world distribution map, present in India and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:886077-1
WFO ID wfo-0000199874
COL ID 5CK7W
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Xylia kerrii Xylia xylocarpa var. kerrii