XI WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS

Antalya, Turkey, 13 to 22 October 1997


VOLUME 3, TOPIC 12


    PLANTATION GROWTH OF SOME WOOD SPECIES IN NORTHERN COTE D'IVOIRE

    Dominique Louppe1 and N'Klo Ouattara2

    Despite their intrinsic value, several indigenous forest species in the Sudano-Sahelian area are scarcely known by local foresters. Since 1990, the Korhogo base (in northern Côte d'Ivoire) for forestry research of the Département Foresterie de l'Institut des Forêts (IDEFOR-DFO) has been setting up collections of more than 60 native species on large plots of land.

    This paper presents the results five and a half years after the arboretum was planted in 1990. The authors also consider the type of silvicultural treatment that should be applied to some of the species planted.

    Keywords: Côte D'Ivoire, Sudano-Sahelian climate, Acacia polyacantha, Acacia sieberana, Afzelia africana, Albizia zygia, Anogeissus leiocarpus, Blighia sapida, Ceiba pentandra, Cola cordifolia, Daniellia oliveri, Pterocarpus erinaceus, Tamarindus indica, Terminalia glaucens.

    1 CIRAD-Forêt/IDEFOR-DFO, 08 BP 33, Abidjan 08, Côte D'Ivoire.

    2 IDEFOR-DFO, BP 947, Korhogo, Cote D'Ivoire



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