Accession details
Passport data and everything else
ICRAF 27/94/50
Accession number
ICRAF 27/94/50
Holding institute
Institute code
KEN023
Acquisition Date
September 14, 2001
Provenance of material
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
karroo — Browse this species at KEN023
Scientific name
Acacia karroo Hayne
Crop
multipurpose-trees
Crop name
Shittim wood
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Associated Datasets
Collecting information
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 18.3 | 18.1 | 17.7 | 16.3 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 14.9 | 17.3 | 18.3 | 18.4 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 22.4 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 20.8 | 19 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 18.3 | 21 | 23.1 | 23.5 | 22.7 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 26.5 | 26.5 | 26.1 | 25.4 | 24.1 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 24.1 | 27.2 | 29 | 28.7 | 27 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 261 | 234 | 167 | 61 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 95 | 227 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
20.7
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
9.9
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
22.8
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
29
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
11.6
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
17.4
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
22.4
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
18.6
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
23.1
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
17.3
Annual precipitation [mm]
1,118
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
261
Precipitation of driest month [mm]
5
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
103
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
722
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
19
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
353
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
23
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 7.5 of 10.0. Read about Passport Data Completeness Index
GENUS
120
SPECIES
80
SPAUTHOR
5
SUBTAXA
0
SUBTAUTHOR
0
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:85eea322-82e5-4aad-b419-8d34cdabb64d
Last updated
March 25, 2026
Created
February 19, 2015