| Operation | Importance rating | Operational priority rating | Remarks | ||||||||||
| Exploration | Evaluation | Conservation | Utilisation | ||||||||||
| Species | Wood Production | Other Purposes | Botanical | Genecological | Collection for Testing | Testing (Provenance Trials) | In Situ | Collection for Conservation | Storage as Seed etc. | Ex Situ in Artificial Stands | Use of Bulk Supplies | Individual Selection and Breeding | |
| 8. Africa | |||||||||||||
Acacia albida | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | important for soil protection and range management in arid zones, also for gum, tannin or fodder production | |
Acacia nilotica | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Acacia senegal | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Acacia tortilis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Alluaudia procera | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | (E) in Madagascar | |
Aucoumea klaineana | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | (E) of great local importance to some W. African countries | |
Baikiaea plurijuga | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Brachylaena hutchinsii | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | (E) in part of range | |
Brachystegia africana | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Burtt-davya nyasica | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (E) | |
Chlorophora excelsa | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | selection for resistance to gall of utmost importance | |
Chlorophora regia | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Dalbergia melanoxylon | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Diospyros spp. | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | for ebony wood | |
Entandrophragma angolense | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | selection for resistance to shoot borer of utmost importance | |
Entandrophragma cylindricum | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | " " " " " | |
Entandrophragma utile | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | " " " " " | |
Guarea spp. | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Gymnostemon zaizou | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | (E) in Ivory Coast | |
Juniperus procera | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | conserve as part of ecosystem | |
Khaya anthotheca | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | selection for resistance to shoot borer of utmost importance | |
Khaya grandifoliola | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | " " " " " | |
Khaya ivorensis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | " " " " " | |
Khaya nyasica | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | " " " " " | |
Khaya senegalensis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | (E) in northern part of range | |
Lovoa spp. | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Maesopsis eminii | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | important in Uganda | |
Mansonia altissima | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Mitragyna ciliata | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | locally important in West Africa | |
Nauclea diderrichii | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | " " " " " | |
Ocotea usambarensis | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | important in E. Africa | |
Olea welwitschii | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | " " " " | |
Parkia biglobosa | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | ||
Pericopsis elata (syn. Afrormosia elata) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
Pterocarpus angolensis | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | important in E. Africa | |
Pterygota macrocarpa | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | ||
Terminalia ivorensis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Terminalia superba | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Triplochiton scleroxylon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Turraeanthus africanus | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | locally important in West Africa | |
Vitellaria (syn. Butyrospermum) paradoxa | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Widdringtonia cupressoides (syn. W. whytei) | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | conserve as part of ecosystem | |
