The leaves are characterized as deciduous, including those on species that occur in tropical subhumid and humid forests ( Becerra 2005 ).
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Climate in the area is subhumid with hot, dry summers and cool, rainy winters, with all precipitation occurring as rain.
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Bolivian-Tucuman Formation : With a wide altitude range between 600m to 3900m this zone contains pluviestacional subhumid and locally humid bioclimatic zones.
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It has been introduced into Madagascar where it grows in a subhumid climate at an altitude of about 500 1000 m above sea level.
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As noted above, overall winter precipitation is slightly in excess of that required to qualify as a subhumid rather than semi-arid climate.
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The plant is widely used for soil conservation, particularly in India, for shallow soils, and in arid western and subhumid alluvial plains.
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The Madagascar subhumid forests ecoregion extends over most of the Central Highlands, above approximately elevation on the east and above meters elevation on the west.
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The climate is hot, tropical, subhumid, with the rainy season from July to September, and the hottest months from June to August.
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Rainfall is abundant, from according to locality, distributed throughout the year, but with some subhumid Mediterranean climate influence for 3 4 months in summer.
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In subhumid areas, a variety of grasses and shrubs predominate, while in semi-arid areas hummock grasses ( " Triodia " species ) predominate.
