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Appendices (continue)

APPENDIX 7.
FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES PRIORITIES
(BY REGION, SPECIES AND OPERATION)

SPECIES IDENTIFIED AS HIGH, GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND/OR NATIONAL PRIORITY (continue)

SPECIES Operations/Activities      REMARKS
End use of speciesExplorationEvaluationConservationGermplasm use
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10. AFRICA

            
Acacia auriculifolmis (exotic)    1  22Prov. collection
A. aulacocarpa (exotic)            
A. crassicarpa (exotic)     2  22 
A. erioloba  2 2    Seed collections in progress
A. holosericea (exotic)    2  22Prov. collection
A. karroo  2 2    Prov. collection
A. mangium (exotic)     2  23 
A. nilotica  221   2Int. PVT in progress
A. polyacantha  2 2   2 
A. senegal  1113  2Prov. seed collections
A. seyal  2 22 3  
A. tortilis (incl. ssp raddiana)  221    Int. PVT in progress. (E) in parts of range
Albizia spp.   233     
Alletia tunimanii      3    
Antiaris toxicoria   2  2    
Aucoumea klaineana   2 23233 
Azadirachta indica (exotic) 121 112Int. PVT initiated
Balanites aegyptiaca     22   (E) in Zimbabwe
Bersama tysoniana      2   Medicinal products. (E) overexploited in South Africa
Bikiaea plurijuga   2  3   In situ cons. stands in Zambia and Zimbabwe
Bivinia jalbertii      22   
Boscia spp.   2 2    (E)
Brachylaena hutchinsii   3  3    
Brachystegia spiciformis  2  2   Taxomomy project submitted
Burtdavya nyasica      2    
Chlorophora excelsa   2  2  2(E)
C. regia   2  2  2 
Colophospermum mopane 2  2   In situ cons. stands established in Zimbabwe
Combretum apiculatum  2  2    
Dacryodes edulis   2 22  2 
Dalbergia melanoxylon   2  1   (E) in parts of range
Dichrostachys cinerea    2    Prov. collections proposed by OFI/NRI
Entandrophragma spp.   2  2   Breeding for resistance to shoot borer
Eucalyptus camaldulensis (exotic)        2 
E. pellita (exotic)     2   2 
E. saligna (exotic)     2  22 
Faidherbia albida  232  21Seed collections, PVT, PGT and population genetics studies in progress
Gmelina arborea (exotic)    21  22 
Guarea cedrata  2  2    
Gymnostemon zaizou   3  3   (E) some provenances
Heritiera (syn. Tarrietia) utilis  222133 Recalcitrant seed
Irvingia gabonensis   1  12  (E) some provenances
I. grandifolia  1  1    
Julbernardia globiflora   2  2    
Juniperus procera  2  2   (E) some provenances
Khaya spp.   1 21332Breeding for resistance to shoot borer
Lovoa spp.   2 223  (E)
Maesopsis eminii 2 2   2 
Mansonia altissima   2 22    
Markhamia lutea  22222 2(E) some provenances. PVT, PGT in progress
Milletia stuhlmannii     22    
Mitragyna ciliata   2 22222 
Nesogordonia papavorifera   2  2   (E) some provenances
Nauclea diderrichii   2 22222 
Ocotea bullata  2 22   (E) some provenances
O. kenyensis      3    
O. usambarensis   2  22   
Parkhamii utea  2 222 2(E) some provenances. PVT, PGT commenced in East Africa
Parkia biglobosa  2 22222Prov. collections and gene ecological studies in progress
Pericopsis angolensis      2   Heavily exploited for carving
P. elata   2 222  (E) some provenances
Pinus maximinoi (exotic)   11 111(E) in parts of range
P. oocarpa (exotic)        32PVT in southern Africa
P. roxburghii (exotic)    12     
P. tecunumanii (exotic)        22PVT in southern Africa
P. africanum  2 222 2 
Prosopis spp. (exotic)   221    Genetic control of invasive tendency required
Prunus africana  11113  (E) Bark used for extraction of chemicals by drug companies
Pterocarpus angolensis   3 21   In situ cons. in progress. Problem of die-back disease
P. erinacesis      2   In situ cons. in progress
P. lucens     2   Problem of die-back disease
P. soyauxii      2    
Raphia faranifera      3    
Sclerocarya birrea   121     
Sesbania spp.  2 2    Seed collections of S. sesban in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi
Tectona grandis (exotic)    11  21 
Terminalia ivoransis   2 23 32Int. prov. collections in progress
T. superba     2  33Int. prov. collections in progress
Tarrietia utilis  2 2133 Recalcitrant seeds
Triplochiton scleroxylon   2    22Seed production unreliable, poor
Turraeanthus africanus   2  2    
Uapaca kirkiana   111  11 
Vernonia amygdalina   2 22  2 
Vitellaria (syn. Butyrospermum) paradoxa   1  3  2Seed recalcitrant, vegetative multiplication
Vitex keniensis   2  2    
Warburgia salutaris   1  11  (E) in parts of range
Widdringtonia spp.   2  2    
Ziziphus mauritiana   212    Evaluation of seed sources from India desirable

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