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Crop

Shea

Butyrospermum paradoxum (G)

Temperature

29°C to 38°C

Rainfall

500mm to 1000mm per season

A shea tree in leaf in Benin

Conditions

What it needs

Soil

EcoCrop records it growing on organic soils. It needs well-drained ground. The pH it does best at is 6 to 7, and it is recorded between 5.5 and 8.

Still being written

The pests, stages and input list for shea have not been written yet. What is above — the conditions it needs and how it scores against your land — is the same assessment every other crop here gets.
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