Accession details
Passport data and everything else
ICRAFF 00262
Accession number
ICRAFF 00262
Holding institute
Institute code
KEN023
Acquisition Date
1999
Provenance of material
Biological status of accession
Wild
Type of germplasm storage
Field collection
Availability for distribution
Available for distribution
ITPGRFA MLS
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
Taxonomy provided to Genesys
Genus
Vitellaria
Specific epithet
paradoxa — Browse this species at KEN023
Scientific name
Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn.
Crop
fruit-trees
Crop name
Shea Butter Tree
Matched GRIN taxon
Current GRIN taxon
Accession names
Collecting number
VP-Senegal24-1C2/L13
Remarks
Population
Associated Subsets
Collecting information
Provenance of material
Collecting number
VP-Senegal24-1C2/L13
Location of collecting site
Gonse
Collecting institute name
ICRAF Team
Latitude of collecting site
12.19055
Longitude of collecting site
-1.17046
Elevation of collecting site
287
Climate at origin
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum temperature [°C] | 16.8 | 19.5 | 23.2 | 25.5 | 25.1 | 23.8 | 22.3 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 22.3 | 19.4 | 17.2 |
| Mean temperature [°C] | 25.2 | 27.8 | 30.8 | 32.2 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 26.1 | 26.7 | 28.7 | 27.7 | 25.5 |
| Maximum temperature [°C] | 33.6 | 36.1 | 38.4 | 39 | 37 | 34.2 | 31.7 | 30.5 | 31.8 | 35.1 | 36 | 33.8 |
| Monthly precipitation [mm] | — | 1 | 5 | 26 | 66 | 108 | 175 | 225 | 132 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
Bioclimatic variables
Annual mean temperature [°C]
28.1
Mean diurnal range (mean of monthly (max temp - min temp))
13.2
Isothermality (bio2/bio7) (* 100)
0.6
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation *100)
21.6
Max temperature of warmest month [°C]
39
Min temperature of coldest month [°C]
16.8
Temperature annual range (bio5-bio6) [°C]
22.2
Mean temperature of wettest quarter [°C]
26.6
Mean temperature of driest quarter [°C]
26.1
Mean temperature of warmest quarter [°C]
31.3
Mean temperature of coldest quarter [°C]
26.1
Annual precipitation [mm]
773
Precipitation of wettest month [mm]
225
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation)
115
Precipitation of wettest quarter [mm]
532
Precipitation of driest quarter [mm]
2
Precipitation of warmest quarter [mm]
97
Precipitation of coldest quarter [mm]
2
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Passport Data Completeness Index
PDCI score of this accession is 6.9 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
0
DONORNUMB
0
OTHERNUMB
0
DUPLSITE
0
STORAGE
15
DONORNAME
0
DUPLINSTNAME
0
ACCEURL
0
MLSSTAT
15
ORIGCTY
80
COLLSITE
20
LATITUDE
60
LONGITUDE
60
ELEVATION
20
COLLDATE
0
BREDCODE
0
ANCEST
0
COLLSRC
0
ACCENAME
0
COLLNUMB
60
COLLCODE
0
COLLNAME
20
Metadata
UUID
urn:uuid:a5e1679a-7d18-415e-b43f-913e3f777e95
Last updated
December 2, 2025
Created
January 17, 2019