Useful Tree Species for Eastern Africa
a species selection tool based on the VECEA Map
Zanzibar-Inhambane undifferentiated forest
Description
White (1983) reserved the term of “undifferentiated forests” to forests that undergo rapid and kaleidoscopic changes in structure and species composition over short distances (White 1983 p. 47). A distinction can be made between moister and drier variants of Zanzibar-Inhambane undifferentiated forest. The moister variants have a main canopy at 15 to 20 m with emergents of 30 to 35 m. The floristically richest types of moister variants of Zanzibar-Inhambane undifferentiated forests occur in Kenya and northern Tanzania. The drier forest variants are floristically more diverse than the moister variants. Most of the larger tree species are locally dominant or co-dominant and sometimes gregarious. The drier forests cover a larger area than the moister forests and also extend further to the north and south (White 1983 p. 187).
This type occurs in Kenya and Tanzania in what is mapped as the coastal mosaic. However, only for Kenya there is information about its potential distribution within this mosaic (contact us if you are interested in the more detailed Kenyan map). For a more consistent regional classification, it was therefore mapped as part of the coastal mosaic.
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: Acacia robusta, Afzelia quanzensis, Albizia adianthifolia, Albizia petersiana, Anthocleista grandiflora, Antiaris toxicaria, Apodytes dimidiata, Balanites wilsoniana, Brachylaena huillensis, Cassipourea euryoides, Celtis philippensis, Cola clavata, Combretum schumannii, Cordyla africana, Cussonia zimmermannii, Cynometra webberi, Diospyros abyssinica, Diospyros mespiliformis, Ekebergia capensis, Erythrina sacleuxii, Erythrophleum suaveolens, Fernandoa magnifica, Ficus vallis-choudae, Funtumia africana, Hymenaea verrucosa, Inhambanella henriquesii, Julbernardia magnistipulata, Khaya anthotheca, Lannea welwitschii, Lovoa swynnertonii, Macaranga capensis, Manilkara sansibarensis, Manilkara sulcata, Milicia excelsa, Mimusops aedificatoria, Nesogordonia holtzii, Newtonia buchananii, Newtonia paucijuga, Oldfieldia somalensis, Paramacrolobium coeruleum, Parkia filicoidea, Pleurostylia africana, Pouteria alnifolia, Rhodognaphalon schumannianum, Ricinodendron heudelotii, Scorodophloeus fischeri, Sorindeia madagascariensis, Sterculia appendiculata, Synsepalum brevipes, Tabernaemontana pachysiphon, Tamarindus indica, Terminalia sambesiaca, Trichilia emetica, Trilepisium madagascariense, Warneckea sansibarica, Xylopia parviflora
- Other species present: Acacia polyacantha, Adansonia digitata, Albizia glaberrima, Albizia gummifera, Albizia versicolor, Bersama abyssinica, Blighia unijugata, Brachystegia spiciformis, Celtis gomphophylla, Celtis mildbraedii, Croton sylvaticus, Dialium orientale, Elaeis guineensis, Encephalartos hildebrandtii, Englerophytum natalense, Fagaropsis angolensis, Ficus sur, Flacourtia indica, Garcinia buchananii, Garcinia livingstonei, Lannea schweinfurthii, Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius, Markhamia obtusifolia, Markhamia zanzibarica, Mimusops obtusifolia, Monodora grandidieri, Parinari excelsa, Pterocarpus tinctorius, Sideroxylon inerme, Strychnos henningsii, Strychnos mitis, Syzygium cordatum, Syzygium guineense, Trema orientalis, Vitex doniana, Zanha golungensis, Zanthoxylum chalybeum, Ziziphus pubescens
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.
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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