* | Acacia albida | Fd Fu FF |
* | A. aneura | Fd Fu Sh SS |
* | A. saligna (syn. A. cyanophylla) | Fu Sh SS |
A. ligulata | Fu Sh SS | |
* | A. nilotica | Fd Fu FF |
A. peuce | Fu Sh SS | |
A. salicina | Fu Sh SS | |
* | A. senegal | Fu FF |
* | A. tortilis | Fu FF |
Anacardium occidentale | Fo FF | |
Argania sideroxylon | Fd Fu SS | |
* | Atriplex spp. | Fd SS |
* | Azadirachta indica | Fu Sh FF |
Calligonum spp. | SS | |
Casuarina decaisneana | Fu Sh SS | |
Ceratonia siliqua | Fd Fu | |
Conocarpus lancifolius | Fu Sh SS | |
Eucalyptus astringens | Fu Sh SS | |
E. brockwayi | Fu Sh SS | |
* | E. camaldulensis | Fu Sh |
E. gomphocephala | Fu Sh SS | |
E. intertexta | Fu Sh SS | |
E. leucoxylon | Fu Sh | |
E. loxophleba | Fu Sh SS | |
* | E. microtheca | Fu Sh SS |
E. occidentalis | Fu Sh SS | |
E. ochrophloia | Fu Sh SS | |
E. salmonophloia | Fu Sh SS | |
E. salubris | Sh SS | |
E. sargentii | Fu Sh SS | |
E. sideroxylon | Fu Sh | |
E. tereticornis | Fu Sh | |
* | Gleditsia triacanthos | Fd Fu Sh SS |
Haloxylon spp. | Fd Fu SS | |
Kochia spp. | Fd SS | |
Morus alba | Fo Fu FF | |
* | Leucaena leucocephala | Fd Fu FF SS (for wetter areas) |
* | Prosopis spicigera (syn. P. cineraria) | Fd Fu Sh SS |
* | Prosopis spp. | Fd Fu Sh SS |
Tamarix aphylla | Fu Sh SS | |
Zizyphus spp. | Fd Fu SS |
N.B. Emphasis is given to arid zones since this is where environmental amelioration or abuse are likely to have the greatest effect.
Species marked * were subsequently selected as priority species for action.
Fo = Food
Fd = Fodder
Fu = Fuelwood
Sh = Shelterbelt
SS = Soil stabilization
FF = Farm forestry
Sources:
FAO (1977): - see Section (V) and Appendix 8; FAO (1980); plus: unpublished background documentation for the 4th Session of the FAO Panel of Experts on Forest Gene Resources in 1977 (FAO, Rome).