Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Colophospermum mopane, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced4 Source not recorded9 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(J.Kirk ex Benth.) J.Léonard	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 19: 390 (1949)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1949	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Balsam tree	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	S. Trop. & S. Africa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	495 cm	495 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 52 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 351, 873, 928	Sourced
Biological type	empty	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Fruit shape	empty	legume · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	High	High · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 13 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 130, 351	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	130 cm	130 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 432, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	24.1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412	Not on the record

Colophospermum mopane (J.Kirk ex Benth.) J.Léonard, 1949 16% complete

Balsam tree

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