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Accession details

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ICRAF 27/92
DOI
10.18730/K6MJR
Accession number
ICRAF 27/92
Holding institute
World Agroforestry Centre (Headquarters) — Kenya
Institute code
KEN023
Acquisition Date
September 14, 2001
Provenance of material
South Africa
Biological status of accession
Natural
Type of germplasm storage
Medium term seed collection
Curation type
Fully curated
Availability for distribution
Available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Donor institute
Oxford Forestry Institute
Safety duplication institute
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Acacia
Specific epithet
tortilis — Browse this species at KEN023
Scientific name
Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne heteracantha (Burch.) Brenan
Crop
multipurpose-trees
Crop name
Umbrella thorn
GRIN TaxonPlease contact us if the detected GRIN taxon is incorrect.
Matched GRIN taxon
Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne subsp. heteracantha
Current GRIN taxon
Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi subsp. heteracantha
Accession names
Associated Datasets
Multi-purpose tree seed characterization year 2024-2025
Collecting information
Provenance of material
South Africa
Collecting date of sample
January 1, 1992
Location of collecting site
Gungundhlovu
Collecting institute code
Collecting institute name
Oxford Forestry Institute
Latitude of collecting site
-28.433333
Longitude of collecting site
31.25
Elevation of collecting site
757
Climate at origin

Monthly temperature

Monthly precipitation

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Minimum temperature [°C]16.416.715.713.6118.48.59.711.41314.415.5
Mean temperature [°C]21.821.920.919.217.114.714.816.317.81919.921.1
Maximum temperature [°C]27.127.226.224.923.22121.222.924.32525.526.8
Monthly precipitation [mm]1221118553241515274999111120
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
18.7
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
11.8
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
24.6
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
27.2
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
8.4
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
18.8
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
20.9
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
15.5
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
21.6
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
15.2
Annual precipitation [mm]
831
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
122
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
15
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
59
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
353
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
54
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
353
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
57

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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 7.95 of 10.0. Read about Passport Data Completeness Index
GENUS
120
SPECIES
80
SPAUTHOR
5
SUBTAXA
40
SUBTAUTHOR
5
CROPNAME
45
ACQDATE
10
SAMPSTAT
80
DONORCODE
40
DONORNUMB
0
OTHERNUMB
0
DUPLSITE
30
STORAGE
15
DONORNAME
0
DUPLINSTNAME
0
ACCEURL
0
MLSSTAT
15
ORIGCTY
80
COLLSITE
20
LATITUDE
60
LONGITUDE
60
ELEVATION
20
COLLDATE
30
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
0
COLLSRC
0
ACCENAME
0
COLLNUMB
0
COLLCODE
40
COLLNAME
0
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:4e0ea17b-a81b-4366-9bdf-ee021eb07909
Permanent URL
https://purl.org/germplasm/id/4e0ea17b-a81b-4366-9bdf-ee021eb07909
Last updated
March 25, 2026
Created
February 19, 2015