Non-timber uses of selected arid zone trees and shurbs in Africa

by

F.E.M. Booth

and

G.E. Wickens

FAO CONSERVATION GUIDE 19

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 1988

Table of Contents

Foreword

Non-timber Uses of Selected Arid Zone Trees and Shrubs in Africa

Table 1. Summary of uses and environmental requirements of species reviewed in text

Adansonia digitata

Balanites aegyptiaca

Boscia senegalensis

Butyrospermum paradoxum

Conocarpus lancifolius

Cordeauxia edulis

Faidherbia albida

Flacourtia indica

Leptadenia pyrotechnica

Maerua angolensis

Maytenus senegalensis

Moringa oleifera

Parkia biglobosa

Prosopis africana

Pterocarpus erinaceus

Ricinodendron rautanenii

Salvadora persica

Securidaca longepedunculata

Sterculia africana

Tamarix aphylla

Tamarix nilotica

Ximenia americana

Ziziphus mauritiana