Useful Tree Species for Eastern Africa

a species selection tool based on the VECEA Map



Riverine forests (edaphic vegetation type, fr)

Description

Although White (1983) treated riverine forests separately within the descriptions of regional centres of endemism, we decided not to distinguish floristic variants of riverine forests. Actually, it was in most situations not practical to map riverine forests. In the VECEA map, we mapped this vegetation type together with riverine woodlands (wr) and thickets (br) as riverine wooded vegetation (R).


  1. Kalema 2009; Figure 20.2 in VECEA Volume 2

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.

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.

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