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Cordyla africana
1790Summary
Cordyla africana is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is a deciduous African tree that grows up to 25 m or 82 ft, with a large, spreading, much-branched crown, and a bole of some 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) dbh. It is sometimes referred to by the common name wild mango. It is found up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) elevation in large river valleys, in miombo woodland and coastal swampy evergreen forest, mostly on sandy soils, along the eastern parts of central and southern Africa. It occurs in South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces, the Kruger National Park, Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania. 'Cordyla' is from the Greek word 'kordyle', meaning a 'club' and is a reference to the club-shaped fruit and stalk. The mature bark is rough, dark brown and fissured, and a blaze showing yellow with orange streaks. The flowers are without petals and display yellow to orange stamens in axillary racemes 50 mm (2.0 in) long with up to 12 flo......read more on Wikipedia.
Climate
What environment does Cordyla africana prefer?
| Place | Rain (24h) | Sun | Humidity Hum. | Wind | |
| Loading... | 0.8in | 918umol | 64% | 4mph | |
| Loading... | 1.2in | 12umol | 84% | 9mph | |
| Loading... | 0in | 18umol | 81% | 11mph | |
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