Deborah A. Hines
Karlyn Eckman
Drawings: Masquel Lasserre
SPECIES Data Base Programme: Luc Dubreuil
Translation to Swahili: Richard Mabala and Paul Manda
Editing: Pia Cole
Printed in: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1st printing 1993
ISBN 0-9697075-0-9
Cultural Survival Canada and Development Services Foundation of Tanzania Also Distributed by Tree Roots Canada
This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software and careful manual recorrection. Even if the quality of digitalisation is high, the FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.
1.1 People's needs and the role of indigenous trees
1.2 Purpose of handbook
2.1 The method
2.2 General conclusions
2.3 Role and importance of forests
2.4 Additional thoughts
3.1 Firewood
3.2 Charcoal
3.3 Building materials
3.4 Domestic items
3.5 Fodder
3.6 Timber/Furniture
3.7 Honey
3.8 Ritual/Spiritual
3.9 Dye
3.10 Land improvement
3.11 Fibre
3.12 Beverages/Food/Condiments
3.13 Fruits
3.14 Medicine
3.15 Fencing
3.16 Gums/Tannins/Resins/Crafts
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Propagation and management techniques
5.3 Local vegetative propagation and tree tending techniques
5.4 Species profilesACACIA ALBIDA
ACACIA MELLIFERA
ACACIA NILOTICA
ACACIA TORTILIS
ADANSONIA DIGITATA
AFZELIA QUANZENSIS
ALBIZIA GUMMIFERA
ALBIZIA SCHIMPERANA
ANNONA SENEGALENSIS
AZANZA GARCKEANA
BALANITES AEGYPTIACA
BERCHEMIA DISCOLOR
BRACHYSTEGIA SPICIFORMIS
BREONADIA SALICINA
BRIDELIA MICRANTHA
COMBRETUM MOLLE
COMMIPHORA AFRICANA
COMMIPHORA EMINII
CORDIA AFRICANA
CORDIA SINENSIS
CROTON MEGALOCARPUS
DALBERGIA MELANOXYLON
DICHROSTACHYS CINEREA
DIOSPYROS MESPILIFORMIS
ENTADA ABYSSINICA
ERYTHRINA ABYSSINICA
EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI
FICUS SYCOMORUS
FICUS THONNINGII
FLACOURTIA INDICA
GREWIA BICOLOR
JUNIPERUS PROCERA
KHAYA ANTHOTHECA
LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA
MARKHAMIA OBTUSIFOLIA
MILICIA EXCELSA
OCOTEA USAMBARENSIS
OLEA CAPENSIS
OLEA EUROPAEA
OXYTENANTHERA ABYSSINICA
PARINARI CURATELLIFOLIA
PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS
RAUVOLFIA CAFFRA
SALVADORA PERSICA
STRYCHNOS COCCULOIDES
SYZYGIUM GUINEENSE
TAMARINDUS INDICA
TECLEA NOBILIS
TERMINALIA SERICEA
TREMA ORIENTALIS
TRICHILIA EMETICA
UAPACA KIRKIANA
VANGUERIA MADAGASCARIENSIS
VITEX DONIANA
WARBURGIA SALUTARIS
XIMENIA AMERICANA
XIMENIA CAFFRA
Appendix A: References and readings
No. 1: Species data questionnaire
No. 2: Village level questionnaire
No. 3: Market survey
No. 4: Seasonal calendar
C1. List of local languages
C2. Species list by Latin name
C3. Common and local names