Operations/ Activities

SPECIES

End use of species

Exploration & collection

Evaluation

Conservation

Germplasm use

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10.AFRICA

Acacia senegal

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Threatened and (E) at Population andspecies/provenance levels

A. nilotica

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Int. PVT in progress. Problems with naturalregeneration

A. seyal

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Species threatened due to clearing of naturalstands

Adansonia digitata

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E at population level

Afzelia africana

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Afzelia quanzensis

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Species overexploited

Azadirachta indica

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Int. PVT in progress in several countries

Baikiaea plurijuga

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High value timber species. Over exploited.Regeneration difficult

Balanites aegyptiaca

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(E) in Zimbabwe. Over exploited in severalcountries

Borassus spp.

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Construction and crafts. (E)

Borassus aethiopum

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(E) in the coastal areas

Boswelia papyrifera

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Over exploited in several countries

Colophospermum mopane

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Fuelwood, Timber, Termite and drought resistant

Dalbergia melanoxylon

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

Detarium microcarpum

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Eucalyptus spp.

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firewood

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

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High demand for fuelwood in dry areas

Eucalyptus hybrid

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Hybrids have become important trees for marginalrainfall areas

Faidherbia albida

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Agroforestry/Sol improvement work by ICRAF andcountries in the region

Hyphaene thebaica

Juniperus procera

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(E) some provenances

Khaya spp.

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Over exploited in the region

Khaya senegalensis

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Selection for resistance to shoot borer. Seedcollection started

Maesopsis eminii

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Selection for resistance to shoot borer

Markhamia lutea

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Timber and has become importanton-farm/agroforestry tree species

Melia volkensii

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

Ocotea spp.

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(E) some provenances. Over exploited in EAfrica

Parkia biglobosa

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population genetics studies in progress

Pericopsis angolensis

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(E) some provenances. PVT, PGT commenced in EastAfrica

Phoenix dactylifera

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Food

Podocarpus spp.

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PVT in southern Africa

Prunus africana

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(E) Recalcitrant seed. Field gene bank bycountries and ICRAF

Prosopis spp.

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An invasive species that require serious andcollective approach by the region

Prosopis africana

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Seed collection made. Firewood

Prosopsis juflora

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Pterocarpus angolensis

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Threatened. Over exploited. Slow growing. Prone tofire

Pterocarpus. erinacesis

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Highly commercially exploited forage plant

Schlerocarya birrea

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

Tamarindus indica

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Threatened. Over exploited. Genetic diversitystudies initiated in Kenya

Uapaca kirkiana

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PVT, PGT commenced in SADC. Seed recalcitrant

Vitellaria paradoxa

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Seed collections in progress in CILSS andUganda

Warburgia salutaris

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Seed recalcitrant, vegetative multiplication

W. ugandensis

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Seed supply problems, seed collections inprogress

Widdringtonia spp.

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(E) in parts of range

Ziziphus mauritiana

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(E) in parts of range

11. AUSTRALIA ANDNEW ZEALAND

Acacia ampliceps

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Salt tolerant

A. aulacocarpa

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Potential for tropical lowlands. SO

A. colei

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Proven food value

A. crassicarpa

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Biogeographic descriptions, sampling, PVTcompleted. SO

A. elachantha

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Species for dry tropical lowland sites with poorsoils. SO

A. holosericea

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PVT

A. mangium

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Biogeographic descriptions completed, sampling,PVT. Hybrids being developed with A. auriculiformis. SO

A. mearnsii

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Int. PVT

A. melanoxylon

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A. stenopylla

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A. tumida

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Under taxonomic revision

Araucaria cunninghamii

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Int. PVT in progress

Brachychiton populneus

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Drought resistant

Casuarina cunninghamiana

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PVT.

C. equisetifolia

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Int. PVT underway

C. glauca

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Salt tolerant

Eucalyptus benthamii

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Restricted natural distribution. (E) in parts ofrange. Promising in trials

E. camaldulensis

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Taxonomic assessment ongoing

E. citriodora

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E. cladocalyx

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E. cloeziana

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E. dunnii

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Bulk seed difficult and costly to obtain

E. globulus ssp. globulus

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Int. PVT in progress. (E) some provenances

E. grandis

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PVT

E. maculata

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E. nitens

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PVT. Bulk seed difficult and costly to obtain

E. occidentalis

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Tolerates saline soils and high pH

E. pellita

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Closely related to E. urophylla. Potential forhybridization

E. radiata

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Some forms high yield of cineole oil

E. saligna

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PVT

E. tereticornis

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PVT

Grevillea pteridifolia

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G. robusta

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Leucaena spp.

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Agroforestry species

Macadamia spp.

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Nuts

Melaleuca cajuputi

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M. leucadendra

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Tolerant of waterlogged. acid sulphate and salineconditions. Int. PVT

Melia azedarach var.australasica

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Pinus brutia

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P. caribaea

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P. eldarica

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Assessment for Australian dry zone

P. elliottii

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P. halepensis

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P. pinaster

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P. radiata

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(E) in parts of range. Guadalupe Is.

P. tecunumanii

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Populus spp.

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Pseudotsuga menzesii

PVT

Santalum album

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Timber for carving. SPRIG proj. germplasmcollection and evaluation in progress

S. lanceolatum

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S. spicatum

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Timber for carving

Syzigium paniculatum

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Ornamental, bonsai tree. Unsuitable forsubtropical areas due to insect attack

Sesbania formosa

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Close relative of S. grandiflora

Toona ciliata var. australis

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SPRIG proj. germplasm collection and evaluation inprogress

12. PAPUA NEW GUINEA ANDPACIFIC ISLANDS MELANESIA/SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC

Indigenous

Acacia spp.

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Agathis macrophylla

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Calophyllum spp

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Cordia subcordata

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Diospyros spp.

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Culturally important

Endospermum medullosum

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Pometia pinnata

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Pterocarpus indicus

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Santalum spp.

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Serianthes spp.

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Syzygium spp.

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Terminalia spp.

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Toona spp (sureni &ciliata)

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Xanthostemon sp.

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Introduced

Gmelina arborea

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Pinus caribaea

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Santalum album

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Swieteniamacrophylla

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Syzygium malaccense

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Tectona grandis

POLYNESIA/EASTERN PACIFIC

Indigenous

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Calophyllum inophyllum

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Calophyllum neo-ebudicum

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Cordia subcordata

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Intsia bijuga

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Planchonella samoensis (syn. P. torricellensis)

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Pometia pinnata

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Santalum spp.

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Syzigium inophylloides

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Terminalia richii

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Thespesia populnea

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Alphitonia zizyphoides

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Bischofia javanica

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Canarium harveyi

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Diospyros samoensis

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Dysoxylum forsterii

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Garcinia sessilis

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Garuga floribunda

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Manilkara spp.

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Morinda citrifolia

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Neonauclea forsterii

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Serianthes spp.

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Xylocarpus spp

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Introduced

Flueggea flexuosa

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Pinus caribaea

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Santalum spp.

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Swietenia macrophylla

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MICRONESIA & NORTH-CENTRALPACIFIC

Indigenous

Artocarpus spp.
(A.altilis & A. mariannensis)

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National Tropical Botanical Garden (H) maintainsthe world's largest ex situ germplasm collections (>173 accessions)

Barringtonia asiatica

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Calophyllum inophyllum

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Cordia subcordata

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Intsia bijuga

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Morinda citrifolia

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Pandanus tectorius

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Pisonia grandis

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Terminalia spp.
(T. catapp& T. samoensis)

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Thespesia populnea

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Argusia argentea

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Bruguiera gymnorrhiza

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Campnosperma brevipetiolata

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Ficus tinctoria

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Hibiscus tiliaceus

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Neisosperma oppositifolium

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Pemphis acidula

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Rhizophora spp

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Serinanthes spp.

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Xylocarpus granatum

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Hawai'i

Acacia koa

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Timber for carving

Meterosideros polymorpha

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Nothocestrum spp.

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Pritchardia spp.

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Santalum spp.

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Sophora chrysophylla

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Introduced

Casuarina equisetifolia

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Acacia spp.

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