Useful Tree Species for Eastern Africa
a species selection tool based on the VECEA Map
Lake Victoria drier peripheral semi-evergreen Guineo-Congolian rain forest
Description
White (1983 p. 46) defined semi-evergreen forests as forests where some canopy species are briefly deciduous, but not necessarily at the same time, and most members of the understorey are evergreen.
The Lake Victoria regional mosaic consists of floristically impoverished variants of the characteristic vegetation types of the Guineo-Congolian, Sudanian, Zambezian and Somalia-Masai regional centres of endemism, sometimes with an admixture from Afromontane species (White 1983 p. 181). Lake Victoria drier peripheral semi-evergreen Guineo-Congolian rain forest is therefore expected to be a floristically impoverished variant of drier peripheral semi-evergreen Guineo-Congolian rain forests described for the Guineo-Congolian region (White 1983 p. 79).
Useful woody species
The main species recorded to occur within this vegetation type are listed below. Clicking the name of any of these species will open the page for that species on the Agroforestry Species Switchboard.
- Characteristic species: Albizia grandibracteata, Alstonia boonei, Antiaris toxicaria, Celtis adolfi-friderici, Celtis africana, Celtis gomphophylla, Celtis mildbraedii, Celtis philippensis, Celtis zenkeri, Chrysophyllum albidum, Cynometra alexandri, Entandrophragma angolense, Entandrophragma cylindricum, Entandrophragma utile, Holoptelea grandis, Khaya anthotheca, Khaya grandifoliola, Maesopsis eminii, Mildbraediodendron excelsum, Milicia excelsa, Morus mesozygia, Piptadeniastrum africanum, Pouteria altissima, Pycnanthus angolensis
- Other species present: Albizia coriaria, Albizia glaberrima, Albizia gummifera, Albizia zygia, Balanites wilsoniana, Blighia unijugata, Bombax buonopozense, Canarium schweinfurthii, Chrysophyllum gorungosanum, Croton macrostachyus, Croton megalocarpus, Diospyros abyssinica, Entandrophragma excelsum, Erythrophleum suaveolens, Fagaropsis angolensis, Ficus mucuso, Funtumia africana, Funtumia elastica, Lovoa swynnertonii, Lovoa trichilioides, Margaritaria discoidea, Markhamia lutea, Mimusops bagshawei, Myrianthus arboreus, Newtonia buchananii, Olea capensis, Parinari excelsa, Polyscias fulva, Prunus africana, Pseudospondias microcarpa, Pterygota mildbraedii, Schrebera arborea, Shirakiopsis elliptica, Strombosia scheffleri, Strychnos mitis, Symphonia globulifera, Synsepalum brevipes, Trichilia dregeana, Trilepisium madagascariense, Uapaca guineensis, Vepris nobilis, Vernonia auriculifera, Warburgia ugandensis
- Marginal species (occurrence less certain): Beilschmiedia ugandensis, Cassipourea ruwensorensis, Clausena anisata, Dombeya kirkii, Dracaena fragrans, Erythrina excelsa, Flueggea virosa, Fleroya stipulosa, Harrisonia abyssinica, Lannea welwitschii, Maesa lanceolata, Manilkara dawei, Morinda lucida, Nauclea diderrichii, Pleiocarpa pycnantha, Pterolobium stellatum, Raphia farinifera, Rauvolfia vomitoria, Scutia myrtina, Tabernaemontana pachysiphon, Trema orientalis, Vernonia amygdalina, Xylopia aethiopica, Zanthoxylum gilletii
For more detailed information about the species occurrences see this excel workbook. It provides country specific information on species composition for this vegetation type. It also allows you to select a subset of useful tree species to provide desired products and services. For each species links to a number of websites / databases with information about this species are provided as well.
Conservation status
The table shows the area (km2) of the PNV is outside the protected areas (NP) and the area protected within one of the protected areas, split by IUCN management category. Only the nationally designated protected areas were included.
PNV | II | III | IV | VI | NC | NP | Sum |
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Fi | 1,590 | 496 | 116 | 42 | 4,545 | 41,434 | 48,223 |
Sum | 1,590 | 496 | 116 | 42 | 4,545 | 41,434 | 48,223 |
IUCN | Fi | Sum |
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II | 1,590 | 1,590 |
III | 496 | 496 |
IV | 116 | 116 |
VI | 42 | 42 |
NC | 4,545 | 4,545 |
NP | 41,434 | 41,434 |
Sum | 48,223 | 48,223 |
Ia - Strict nature reserve, Ib - Wilderness area, II - National park, III - Natural monument or feature, IV - Habitat/species management area, V - Protected landscape/seascape, VI - Protected area with sustainable use of natural resources, NC - unclassified or not assigned, NP - outside the protected areas
Links
- More about the species selection tool
- Go back to the index other vegetation types
- Go back to http://vegetationmap4africa.org
- The map is described in detail in the documentation.
Citation and terms of use
- Kindt R, van Breugel P, Orwa C, Lillesø JPB, Jamnadass R and Graudal L (2015) Useful tree species for Eastern Africa: a species selection tool based on the VECEA map. Version 2.0. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Forest & Landscape Denmark. http://vegetationmap4africa.org
- van Breugel P, Kindt R, Lillesø JPB, Bingham M, Demissew S, Dudley C, Friis I, Gachathi F, Kalema J, Mbago F, Moshi HN, Mulumba, J, Namaganda M, Ndangalasi HJ, Ruffo CK, Védaste M, Jamnadass R and Graudal L (2015) Potential Natural Vegetation Map of Eastern Africa (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia). Version 2.0. Forest and Landscape (Denmark) and World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). URL: http://vegetationmap4africa.org
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