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Acacia nilotica

Description
Life form	tree	Physiology	single stem
Habit	erect	Category	forage/pasture
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale, grown on small scale, harvested from wild

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	deep (>>150 cm)	medium (50-150 cm)
Temperat. requir.	19	34	10	50	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	400	1200	200	2300	Soil fertility	moderate	low
Latitude	-	-	30	32	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2000	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6.5	8	5	9	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	clear skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), desert or arid (Bw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-1	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.	fire, drought	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.	can become a weed

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	90	180
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
animal food (feed)	protein	leaves
animal food (feed)	protein	fruits
non-vertebrate food	protein	leaves
material	timber wood	bark
material	gums/resins	exudates
material	dye/tannin	stems
material	dye/tannin	fruits
medicinal	nervous system applications	fruits
environmental	shade & shelter	entire plant
environmental	living fence	entire plant
environmental	revegetation	entire plant
environmental	agroforestry	entire plant
environmental	firebreaks	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant
fuels	fuelwood	bark
fuels	charcoal	bark
environmental	windbreak	entire plant