| * | 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FAO (1977): - see Section (V) and Appendix 8; FAO (1980); plus: unpublished background documentation for the 4th Session of the FAO Panel of Experts on Forest Gene Resources in 1977 (FAO, Rome).
