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Appendix 4
FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES PRIORITIES (BY REGION, SPECIES AND OPERATION)
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OperationImportance ratingOperational priority ratingRemarks
ExplorationEvaluationConservationUtilisation
SpeciesWood ProductionOther PurposesBotanicalGenecologicalCollection for TestingTesting (Provenance Trials)In SituCollection for ConservationStorage as Seed etc.Ex Situ in Artificial StandsUse of Bulk SuppliesIndividual Selection and Breeding
7. (b) South-East Asia             
Acacia nilotica
 1----1--2--for soil protection and range management in arid zone
Acacia senegal
 1----2--1--"   "   "   "
Albizia falcata
2 -222------important for pulp
Anthocephalus cadamba
(syn. A. chinensis)
3 -333------proved difficult to grow in monoculture (India)
Araucaria cunninghamii
1 -1113---22 
Araucaria hunsteinii
1 -1113---22 
Azadirachta indica
1 -1112--112 
Bamboo spp.
111---1-----sporadic flowering habit may endanger regeneration
Bischofia javanica
3 -3333----- 
Bombax ceiba
1 --22-----1 
Dalbergia latifolia
1 ----11-1-- 
Dalbergia sissoo
1 -111---2-2v. promising N. India and Pakistan
Dipterocarpus spp.
1 ----111---needs research on seed storage
Eucalyptus deglupta
1 -11121-1-2 
Eucalyptus urophylla
1 -121---123 
Gmelina arborea
1 -111222211needs research on seed storage
Pinus kesiya (syn. khasya, insularis)
1 -2112--111 
Pinus merkusii/ merkusiana
1 -211-1-1-1 
Santalum album
 2---------2high priority parts of S. India
Tectona grandis
1 -2111--121 
Toona ciliata
3 -3-------- 
Toona serrata
3 -3-------- 
8. Africa             
Acacia albida
 1-111111111important for soil protection and range management in arid zones, also for gum, tannin or fodder production
Acacia nilotica
 1-111111111
Acacia senegal
 1-111111111
Acacia tortilis
 1-111111111
Alluaudia procera
2 ----1-----(E) in Madagascar
Aucoumea klaineana
1 -11-1--1-2(E) of great local importance to some W. African countries
Brachylaena hutchinsii
2 ----1-----(E) in part of range
Burtt-davya nyasica
3 3--------- 
Chlorophora excelsa
1 21--313111selection for resistance to gall of utmost importance
Chlorophora regia
1 21--313111 
Diospyros spp.
1 ----1--1--for ebony wood
Entandrophragma angolense
1 -111212111selection for resistance to shoot borer of utmost importance
Entandrophragma cylindricum
1 -111212111"   "   "   "   "
Entandrophragma utile
1 -111212111"   "   "   "   "
Gymnostemon zaizou
1 ----1-----(E) in Ivory Coast
Juniperus procera
2 ----3-----conserve as part of ecosystem
Khaya anthotheca
1 -111------selection for resistance to shoot borer of utmost importance
Khaya grandifoliola
1 -1111-----"   "   "   "   "
Khaya ivorensis
1 -111------"   "   "   "   "
Khaya nyasica
2 ----2-----"   "   "   "   "
Khaya senegalensis
1 -2221---3-(E) in northern part of range
Maesopsis eminii
2 ---2-----2important in Uganda
Mitragyna ciliata
2 2222122222locally important in W. Africa
Nauclea diderrichii
2 2222122222"   "   "   "
Pericopsis elata (syn. Afrormosia elata)
2 22221111--(E)
Pterocarpus angolensis
2 ----2----- 
Pterygota macrocarpa
3 ----2--2-- 
Terminalia ivorensis
1 -1-----111 
Terminalia superba
1 -111111111 
Triplochiton scleroxylon
1 1111111111 
Turraeanthus africana
1 2222122222locally important in W. Africa
Widdringtonia whytei
2 ----3-----conserve as part of ecosystem
9. Australia             
Acacia binervata
2  22        
Acacia cyanophylla
31 222    2 coastal shelter and salt tolerance
Acacia elata
2  22        
Acacia peuce
22 22212    Limited distribution, use in v. arid areas
Acacia pruinocarpa
323 3        
Acacia salicina
22 222    2 shelter in arid zones with high pH
Araucaria cunninghamii
1  1113   22selection and breeding in Australia
Callitris glauca
1  3 3    3  
Callitris intratropica
1  2 23   2  
Casuarina decaisneana
22 2 33     use for shelter in arid zones
Casuarina glauca
33 3        use for coastal windbreaks
Eucalyptus acmenioides
1  222       
E. alba
2 22  3 3 2  
E. argophloia
2   2 1 1    
E. astringens
12 221    2 tannin production
E. bicostata
1  11112  13 
E. botryoides
13 112  3 2 use for coastal windbreaks, sand fixation
E. brassiana
2 2222  3    
E. brevifolia
311 2       use for shelter in arid zones
E. brockwayi
1 3 2 3   2  
E. camaldulensis
1  112113 11 
E. cambageana
2  2 2       
E. citriodora
11 211  3 12use for oil production
E. cladocalyx
22 2322 3 3 use for windbreaks
E. cloeziana
1  1123 3 22 
E. crebra
1  222  3    
E. cypellocarpa
1  222  3    
E. dalrympleana
1 3222  3 11 
E. deanei
1 2212  3 11 
E. delegatensis
1 2222     2 
E. dives var. “C”
 1 1221 3  1oil production

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