Useful Tree Species for Eastern Africa
a species selection tool based on the VECEA Map
Swamp forests (fs)
Description
In analogy with riverine forests (fr), we decided not to map floristic variants of swamp forests although White (1983) treated swamp forests separately within the descriptions of regional centres of endemism. Actually, it was in most situations not practical to map swamp forests.
On alluvial deposits of the Kagera river (on the western shore of Lake Victoria), a unique swamp forest occurs that is composed almost in equal proportions of lowland (especially Guineo-Congolian) and Afromontane species and that is dominated by Baikiaea insignis (a Guineo-Congolian species) and by Podocarpus usambarensis var. dawei (an Afromontane species; White 1983 p. 181).
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.
- Other species present: Acacia kirkii, Afrocarpus usambarensis, Anthocleista grandiflora, Anthocleista schweinfurthii, Antidesma venosum, Baikiaea insignis, Beilschmiedia ugandensis, Blighia unijugata, Celtis africana, Celtis gomphophylla, Cordia africana, Cordyla africana, Diospyros mespiliformis, Dombeya rotundifolia, Ekebergia capensis, Erythrophleum suaveolens, Erythroxylum fischeri, Euclea divinorum, Faidherbia albida, Ficalhoa laurifolia, Ficus natalensis, Ficus sur, Ficus sycomorus, Ficus trichopoda, Ficus vallis-choudae, Funtumia africana, Fleroya stipulosa, Ilex mitis, Khaya anthotheca, Kigelia africana, Lannea schweinfurthii, Macaranga schweinfurthii, Macaranga spinosa, Newtonia buchananii, Parinari excelsa, Parkia filicoidea, Phoenix reclinata, Podocarpus latifolius, Pseudospondias microcarpa, Psychotria mahonii, Pterocarpus tinctorius, Raphia farinifera, Rauvolfia caffra, Ritchiea albersii, Schrebera arborea, Scutia myrtina, Shirakiopsis elliptica, Sorindeia madagascariensis, Spondianthus preussii, Sterculia tragacantha, Syzygium cordatum, Syzygium guineense, Syzygium owariense, Terminalia sambesiaca, Uapaca guineensis, Vangueria madagascariensis, Vepris nobilis, Voacanga thouarsii, Xylopia aethiopica, Xylopia rubescens, Ziziphus pubescens
- Marginal species (occurrence less certain): Acrostichum aureum, Afrocarpus falcatus, Albizia glaberrima, Alchornea hirtella, Apodytes dimidiata, Aporrhiza paniculata, Barringtonia racemosa, Bridelia micrantha, Canarium schweinfurthii, Clausena anisata, Combretum imberbe, Craterispermum laurinum, Croton megalocarpus, Dracaena camerooniana, Elaeis guineensis, Erythrina abyssinica, Erythrina excelsa, Flueggea virosa, Garcinia smeathmannii, Gardenia imperialis, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Klainedoxa gabonensis, Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius, Macaranga monandra, Maesa lanceolata, Maesopsis eminii, Musanga cecropioides, Peddiea africana, Psychotria peduncularis, Pycnanthus angolensis, Rothmannia urcelliformis, Strombosia scheffleri, Strychnos mitis, Symphonia globulifera, Tetrapleura tetraptera, Trichocladus ellipticus, Typhonodorum lindleyanum, Vitex doniana, Warburgia ugandensis
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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