Accession details
Passport data and everything else
ICRAF 16/90
Accession number
ICRAF 16/90
Holding institute
Institute code
KEN023
Acquisition Date
September 15, 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
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Acacia
Specific epithet
tortilis — Browse this species at KEN023
Scientific name
Acacia tortilis (Forssk.) Hayne spirocarpa (A.Rich.) Brenan
Crop
multipurpose-trees
Crop name
Umbrella thorn
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Collecting information
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 18.9 | 18.5 | 17.7 | 15.8 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 15.6 | 19 | 19.4 | 19.1 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 24 | 23.6 | 23.7 | 22.5 | 19.6 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 20 | 23.7 | 26.4 | 25.4 | 24.2 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 29.1 | 28.7 | 29.7 | 29.3 | 27.6 | 25.3 | 25.5 | 28.3 | 31.8 | 33.9 | 31.5 | 29.5 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | 178 | 146 | 85 | 24 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 21 | 60 | 154 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
22.3
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
13.7
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.5
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
29
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
33.9
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
9.1
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
23.9
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
18.2
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
25.3
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
18
Annual precipitation [mm]
678
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
178
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
114
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
478
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
2
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
235
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
7
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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:f4456101-c754-4b83-8100-6560699cd5ef
Last updated
March 25, 2026
Created
February 19, 2015