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A Temperamental and awkward tree
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A Temperamental and awkward tree
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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The shea butter tree on average bears fruit every two or three years. Experts have not yet found out the reason for its irregular fruiting cycle. It seems probable that the harmatan and bush fires contribute by killing of the flowers and buds prematurely and drought may also play a part. However, none of this is sufficent explanation. Abu Lamine Berthe, Head of the Projects Division of the Direction Nationale des Eaux et Forets (River and Forests), Bamako, Mali, calls the tree 'untameable'. Attempts at establishing shea butter tree plantation have not been followed through, and since research has not come up with a regular-fruiting variety, large-scale planting is not viable. Farmers guard and tent such trees as there are, and in most countries anyone found felling a shea tree is prosecuted. The shea butter tree on average bears fruit every two or three years. Experts have not yet found out the reason for its irregular fruiting cycle. It seems probable that the harmatan and bush fires contribute by killing of the flowers and buds... |
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1991
2014-10-08T13:40:57Z 2014-10-08T13:40:57Z |
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News Item
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CTA. 1991. A Temperamental and awkward tree. Spore 32. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45468 http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jcta32e/ |
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en
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Spore
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Open Access
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Spore
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