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Acacia auriculiformis

Description
Life form	tree	Physiology	single stem
Habit	erect	Category	forest/wood
Life span	perennial	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	24	32	10	40	Soil texture	heavy, medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1200	2500	500	5000	Soil fertility	low	low
Latitude	10	7	17	20	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	600	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	medium (4-10 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	8	3	9.5	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year), 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)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.	fire, drought	Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system		Crop cycle	180	240
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

(at most All5102550100)

Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
material	dye/tannin	stems
material	timber wood	bark
material	other material/chemicals	bark
material	paper	bark
non-vertebrate food	minerals	leaves
fuels	fuelwood	bark
fuels	charcoal	bark
environmental	shade & shelter	entire plant
environmental	ornamental/turf	entire plant
environmental	revegetation	entire plant
environmental	agroforestry	entire plant
environmental	erosion control	entire plant