Useful Tree Species for Eastern Africa
a species selection tool based on the VECEA Map
Zanzibar-Inhambane scrub forest
Description
Scrub forests are intermediate in structure between forest and bushland (and thicket). They are usually 10 - 15 m high. Trees (woody plants with well-defined and upright boles) are usually present but do not form a closed canopy. Diospyros cornii forms a discontinuous upper canopy of 9 to 15 m high. Manilkara mochisia is an almost constant associate, but is less plentiful. In many places, scrub forest has been degraded and converted into secondary deciduous bushland (White 1983 p. 188). Smaller woody plants (principally bushes and shrubs) contribute at least as much as the trees to the appearance of this vegetation type.
Zanzibar-Inhambane scrub forest forms a quasi-continuous belt that separates the forests of the coastal region (i.e. mainly Zanzibar-Inhambane undifferentiated forest ( Fp ) from the bushlands of the interior (i.e. especially deciduous bushland (Bd). This scrub forest reaches the Kenyan coast between Malindi and Lamu, where the rainfall is lower than elsewhere, and extends to southern Tanzania. On the regional map, this forest type is mapped as part of the coastal mosaic (CM).
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.
- Dominant species: Diospyros bussei, Manilkara mochisia
- Characteristic species: Adenia globosa, Bivinia jalbertii, Catunaregam nilotica, Croton pseudopulchellus, Diospyros consolatae, Dobera glabra, Euclea natalensis, Euclea racemosa, Euphorbia grandicornis, Grandidiera boivinii, Haplocoelum foliolosum, Haplocoelum inoploeum, Newtonia erlangeri, Ochna thomasiana, Sideroxylon inerme, Spirostachys venenifera, Suregada zanzibariensis, Thespesia danis, Thilachium africanum
- Other species present: Acacia brevispica, Afzelia quanzensis, Albizia adianthifolia, Albizia anthelmintica, Albizia petersiana, Albizia versicolor, Allophylus rubifolius, Boscia salicifolia, Brachylaena huillensis, Carissa spinarum, Combretum schumannii, Cordyla africana, Dalbergia nitidula, Dialium orientale, Diospyros mespiliformis, Euphorbia candelabrum, Euphorbia tirucalli, Garcinia livingstonei, Grewia villosa, Harrisonia abyssinica, Hymenaea verrucosa, Lecaniodiscus fraxinifolius, Manilkara sansibarensis, Manilkara sulcata, Markhamia obtusifolia, Milicia excelsa, Olea europaea, Rhodognaphalon schumannianum, Sorindeia madagascariensis, Strychnos henningsii, Strychnos innocua, Syzygium cordatum, Syzygium guineense, Terminalia prunioides, Terminalia spinosa, Vitex doniana, Vitex payos, Zanthoxylum chalybeum
- Marginal species (occurrence less certain): Acacia bussei, Acacia mellifera, Acacia nilotica, Hyphaene compressa
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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