Acacia erioloba

A. holosericea

A. karroo

A. nilotica

*

2

3

2

1

2

2

3

Int. PVT in progress. Problems with natural regeneration

A. senegal

*

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

Threatened and (E) at Population and species/provenance levels

A. seyal

*

1

1

2

Species threatened due to clearing of natural stands

Adansonia digitata

*

1

2

2

1

2

2

E at population level

Afzelia africana

2

2

2

2

2

1

Afzelia guanzensis

*

2

2

2

2

2

Species overexploited

Androstachys johnsonii

Azadirachta indica

*

2

1

1

1

1

Int. PVT in progress in several countries

Baikiaea plurijuga

*

2

1

2

2

1

2

High value timber species. Over exploited. Regeneration difficult

Balanites aegyptiaca

*

2

2

2

(E) in Zimbabwe. Over exploited in several countries

Borassus spp.

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

Construction and crafts. (E)

Borassus aethiopum

*

1

1

1

1

(E) in the coastal areas

Chlorophora excelsa

*

1

2

2

1

Over exploited in several countries

C. regia

Colophospermum mopane

*

*

2

2

1

2

3

2

1

Fuelwood, Timber, Termite and drought resistant

Dacryodes edulis

Dalbergia melanoxylon

*

*

1

1

2

1

2

2

(E) at species level in east Africa. Field trials initiated in Kenya

Detarium microcarpum

2

3

1

1

3

Dichrostachys spp.

Entandrophragma spp.

Eucalyptus spp.

1

1

1

1

firewood

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

*

*

1

2

2

1

2

High demand for fuelwood in dry areas

Eucalyptus hybrid

*

*

1

2

1

1

Hybrids have become important trees for marginal rainfall areas

E. saligna

Faidherbia albida

*

*

2

1

3

2

2

2

Agroforestry/Sol improvement work by ICRAF and countries in the region

Gmelina arborea

Hyphaene thebaica

Irvingia spp.

Juniperus procera

*

2

2

2

2

(E) some provenances

Khaya spp.

*

*

2

1

2

1

1

2

2

Over exploited in the region

Khaya senegalensis

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Selection for resistance to shoot borer. Seed collection started

Maesopsis eminii

*

*

2

2

2

2

2

Selection for resistance to shoot borer

Markhamia lutea

*

*

2

2

2

2

2

2

Timber and has become important on-farm/agroforestry tree species

Melia volkensii

*

*

1

1

2

2

Selection for resistance to shoot borer. Over exploited and (E) at species level

Ocotea spp.

*

2

2

2

2

(E) some provenances. Over exploited in E Africa

Parinari curatellifolia

Parkia biglobosa

1

1

1

1

population genetics studies in progress

Pericopsis angolensis

*

3

2

(E) some provenances. PVT, PGT commenced in East Africa

P. elata

1

Food

Pinus maximinoi

P. roxburghii

Podocarpus spp.

*

2

2

2

2

PVT in southern Africa

Prosopis spp.

1

1

An invasive species that require serious and collective approach by the region

Prosopis africana

*

2

2

2

Seed collection made. Firewood

Prosopsis juflora

1

2

1

1

1

Prunus africana

*

1

1

1

1

1

2

(E) Recalcitrant seed. Field gene bank by countries and ICRAF

Pterocarpus angolensis

*

*

1

2

2

1

2

2

2

Threatened. Over exploited. Slow growing. Prone to fire

P. erinacesis

*

2

Highly commercially exploited forage plant

P. lucens

P. soyauxii

Schinziophyton rautanenii

Sclerocarya birrea

2

2

1

1

1

2

3

Recalcitrant seed. Field trials by countries and with ICRAF collaboration in E/SA region

Sesbania spp.

Strychnos coccubides

Tamarindus indica

*

1

1

2

1

1

1

Threatened. Over exploited. Genetic diversity studies initiated in Kenya

Tectona grandis

Terminalia ivorensis

T. superba

Triplochiton scleroxylon

Uapaca kirkiana

1

3

2

2

PVT, PGT commenced in SADC. Seed recalcitrant

Vernonia amygdalina

Vitellaria paradoxa

1

2

1

1

2

Seed collections in progress in CILSS and Uganda

Warburgia salutaris

1

1

1

1

Seed recalcitrant, vegetative multiplication

W. ugandensis

*

1

2

2

1

3

Seed supply problems, seed collections in progress

Widdringtonia spp.

*

2

2

2

1

(E) in parts of range

Ziziphus mauritiana

2

2

2

1

(E) in parts of range

Z. micronata