Acacia acuminata

Australia

225-500

Bushy shrub or tree 3-12m \ edible seed to humans \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood \ logs for poles

Acacia aneura

Australia

200-500

Bushy shrub or tree 2-15m \ edible seed to humans \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles

Acacia blakelyi

Australia

400-600

Dense, spreading shrub or tree 2x4m \ edible seed to humans \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood

Acacia calamifolia

Australia

200-650

Coppicing, bushy shrub 4x8m  \ edible seed to humans \ a fodder plant

Acacia cambagei

Australia

300-600

Small evergreen tree to 15m tall \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles

Acacia coriacea

Australia

100-800

Suckering, coppicing, shrubby tree 3-10m \ edible seed to humans \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood

Acacia cowleana

Australia

250-400

Fast-growing, evergreen shrub to 3m tall \ edible seed to humans \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal

Acacia hakeoides

Australia

250-700

Suckering, coppicing, dense shrub/small tree 4x6m \ edible seed to humans

Acacia hemiteles

Australia

250-500

Dense, spreading, multi-stemmed shrub 2x4m  \ edible seed to humans

Acacia holosericea

Australia

300-1100

An evergreen shrub or small tree to 7m tall \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal

Acacia implexa

Australia

500-1100

Tall, fast-growing evergreen to 30m \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles and saw logs \ timber for furniture

Acacia jennerae

Australia

200-350

Suckering, coppicing, multi-stemmed shrub 4x6m \ edible seed to humans \ wood for firewood

Acacia ligulata

Australia

110-250

An evergreen, fast-growing shrub to 5m tall \ edible seed to humans \ a fodder plant

Acacia mearnsii

Australia

500-700

Tall, erect in plantation or spreading, branched tree in clearing to 25m \ source of gum \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ bark a source of tannin \ logs for poles and saw logs  \ timber for furniture and pulpwood \ a fibre source

Acacia mellifera

Africa

250-700

Low bush with extensive shallow root system, sharp hooked spines \ source of honey and gum \ a fodder plant \ logs for poles  \ a fibre source \ used as a medicine

Acacia microbotrya

Australia

350-550

Suckering, dense shrub or small tree 5x9m \ edible seed to humans \ source of gum

Acacia monticola

Australia

250-500

An evergreen shrub to 5m or tree to 7m \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood \ logs for poles

Acacia murrayana

Australia

100-500

Suckering, coppicing, multi-stem shrub or tree 5x8m \ edible seed to humans, 20% protein, carbohydrate 38%, fat, oil 5%, dietry fibre 29%  \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal

Acacia nilotica

Africa

200-1270

Short, thick-trunked, evergreen tree 2.5-25m \ edible fruit and seed to humans \ source of gum \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ bark a source of tannin \ logs for poles and saw logs \ timber for furniture  \ a fibre source \ used as a medicine

Acacia pachyacra

Australia

150-400

Suckering shrub or small tree 5x6m \ edible seed to humans

Acacia prainii

Australia

150-350

Bushy, multi-stemmed shrub to small tree 3x5m \ edible seed to humans

Acacia pruinocarpa

Australia

200-275

An evergreen shrub or small tree to 8m tall \ wood for firewood \ logs for poles

Acacia pycantha

Australia

400-750

Coppicing shrub to small tree 8x8m. Bark contains 25-34% tannin \ edible seed to humans \ wood for firewood \ bark a source of tannin

Acacia salicina

Australia

250-550

Tall shrub or tree up to 20m tall \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood \ logs for poles and saw logs \ timber for furniture

Acacia saligna

Australia

300-1000

Dense, suckering shrub or small, erect tree 5x10m \ edible seed to humans \ source of gum \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ bark a source of tannin \ logs for poles

Acacia scirpifolia

Australia

400-700

Dense, spreading shrub or small tree 2x6m \ edible seed to humans

Acacia senegal

Africa

100-800

Evergreen bush usually branching from the ground to 15m tall \ edible seed to humans \ source of honey \ commercial source of Gum Arabic \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles and saw logs  \ a fibre source \ used as a medicine

Acacia tortilis

Africa

100-1000

Evergreen tree or shrub to 25m tall with a spreading crown \ edible fruit and seed to humans \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ bark a source of tannin \ logs for poles and saw logs \ timber for furniture \ used as a medicine

Acacia victoriae

Australia

100-1000

Suckering, coppicing, multi-stemmed spreading shrub to tree 5x10m \ edible seed contains 17% protein, fibre 29% and 41% carbohydrate \ edible seed and leaves to humans \ source of gum \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood

Adansonia digitata

Africa

100-1500

Deciduous tree to 20m tall with a girth of up to 40m \ edible fruit, leaves and seed to humans \ source of honey and gum \ wood for firewood \ used as a medicine

Adansonia greggii

Australia

200-500

Deciduous, drought-tolerant, short tree to 16m tall, with a wide trunk to 3.5m diameter \ edible fruit, leaves and seed to humans \ source of gum \ a fibre source \ used as a medicine

Albizia gummifera

Africa

Evergreen, spreading tree to 30m tall \ bark decoction used against malaria \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ timber for furniture \ a fibre source \ used as a medicine

Allocasuarina campestris

Australia

225-400

Bushy shrub to 4m tall \ offers very good wind protection \ wood for firewood and charcoal

Allocasuarina decaiseana

Australia

200-250

Very drought-tolerant, evergreen tree to 15m tall \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles

Allocasuarina huegeliana

Australia

300-750

An evergreen tree to 14m tall, having an erect habit in close cultivation and otherwise more spreading \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles and saw logs

Allocasuarina littoralis

Australia

650-1250

Drought-tolerant, evergreen tree to 12m tall \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles and saw logs \ timber for furniture

Allocasuarina luehmanniana

Australia

380-800

An evergreen tree to 20m tall and trunk diameter of 60 cm \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles and saw logs

Allocasuarina verticillata

Australia

600-900

Fast-growing, spreading evergreen with drooping branches \ grows to 10m tall, tolerating regular lopping \ may sucker \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal

Aloe secundiflora

Africa

Plant harvested to make a traditional beer, plant used to treat wounds, ulcers, stomach and chest disorders, conjunctivitis, malaria, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis (root) \ used as a medicine

Butia  capitata

South America

250-800

Hardy, monoecious, solitary palm to 8m tall \ edible fruit and seed to humans \ a fodder plant \ a fibre source \ used as a medicine

Casimiroa edulis

Mexico

A tall, evergreen tree to 10-15m tall and has fair drought tolerance \ edible fruit to humans \ timber for furniture \ used as a medicine

Casuarina cristata

Australia

175 +

A small tree to 20m with a dense crown almost to ground level \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles and saw logs

Cereus peruvianus

South America

An erect tree-cactus to 16m tall \ edible fruit and leaves to humans

Croton megalocarpus

Cyphomandra betacea

Peru

An erect, shrubby, fast-growing bush to 4m tall \ edible fruit to humans \ source of honey

Diospyros abyssinica

Africa

Tree to 30m tall \ logs for poles and saw logs \ timber for furniture

Dodonea viscosa mucronata

Australia

259-1580

Evergreen shrub or small tree to 8m tall \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles and saw logs \ timber for furniture \ used as a medicine

Espostoa lanata

South America

Woolly, columnar tree cactus to 6m tall \ edible fruit to humans

Eucalyptus cladocalyx

Australia

300-600

Medium sized evergreen to 35m tall \ source of honey \ wood for firewood \ logs for poles and saw logs

Eucalyptus gongylocarpa

Australia

150-250

Small evergreen tree to 20m tall \ coppices well \ wood for firewood and charcoal

Eucalyptus salmonophloia

Australia

250-500

Evergreen tree occasionally growing to 30m tall and 1m trunk diameter \ best growth is on red loam soils \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles and saw logs

Eucalyptus socialis

Australia

150-500

Small, evergreen, multi-stemmed shrub or small tree growing up to 12m tall \ very drought, frost and fire hardy \ source of honey \ wood for firewood and charcoal

Eucalyptus trivalvis

Australia

150-300

Medium-sized, evergreen multi-stemmed tree to 10m tall \ wood for firewood and charcoal

Eucalyptus wandoo

Australia

400-700

Medium-sized, evergreen tree to 30m tall \ source of honey \ wood for firewood \ bark a source of tannin \ logs for poles and saw logs \ timber for furniture

Feijoa sellowiana

South America

A bushy evergreen shrub to 6m tall \ edible fruit to humans \ source of honey

Gliricidia sepium

Central America

600-3500

Fast-growing, sometimes multi-stemmed, deep-rooted tree from 2-15m tall \ cuttings can be put into the ground to form a living fence \ edible fruit to humans \ source of honey \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles and saw logs \ timber for furniture \ used as a medicine

Grevillea robusta

Australia

600-1700

Deciduous tree to 40m tall \ source of honey \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles and saw logs \ timber for furniture \ a fibre source

Juniperus procera

Africa

400-1200

Evergreen tree to 50m tall \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles and saw logs \ timber for furniture \ a fibre source \ used as a medicine

Leucaena diversifolia

Central America

600-3500

Erect tree or shrub to 20m tall with trunk to 10m x 50cm \ source of gum \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ logs for poles

Leucaena escelenta

Mexico

Large tree 18-20m \ edible fruit, leaves and seed to humans

Leucaena mochatus

Leucaena trichandra

Macadamia integrifolia

Australia

1000-3000

Large evergreen tree \ edible seed to humans \ bark a source of tannin \ used as a medicine

Maesopsis eminii

Africa

1200-3000

Fast-growing, short-lived, deciduous tree to 40m tall \ sheds branches to more than 60% of its length and is a coloniser of grasslands \ edible fruit to humans \ logs for poles and saw logs

Mangifera indica

India

500-2500

Mango Tree \ edible fruit to humans

Moringa oleifera

Central America

1500-2300

Small, thornless, fast-growing, deciduous tree to 10m tall and 3m wide \ pods used in soups and curries or pickled \ leaves, twigs and flowers are eaten raw in salads or cooked in soups or as potherbs \ immature seeds eaten as peas \ mature seeds are roasted or fried and eaten like peanuts \ seed oil (ben oil) never goes rancid and is used as a cooking and salad oil \oil also known as watchmaker’s oil because it is used in delicate, precision machinery \ root used like horseradish \ tender, young seedlings eaten as a cooked green vegetable \ gum from the bark is used as a seasoning \ leaves 7-10% protein \ a source of honey and gum \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood \ logs for poles and saw logs

Olea europea  Africa

Africa

Evergreen shrub to tree to 18m tall \ a fodder plant \ used as a medicine

Owenia reticulata

Australia

Desert walnut \ edible seed to humans

Persea Americana

South America

300-2500

Evergreen to 20m tall. 0-2500m altitude \ edible fruit to humans \ bark a source of tannin \ used as a medicine

Phoenix reclinata

Africa

Clustering palm with straight or curved stems to 10m tall \ edible fruit to humans \ seed used as a coffee substitute \ flower tapped for wine \ heart of palm vegetable \ source of gum \ bark a source of tannin \ logs for poles and saw logs \ a fibre source \ used as a medicine

Ricinus comunis

Africa

380-500

A large bush to small tree. 1-5m tall with hollow stems \ seed is poisonous but important source of castor oil, with many uses and is used as a medicine \ source of honey

Rollinia deliciosia

Brazil

Amazon custard apple \ edible fruit to humans

Salvadora persica

Africa to India

200+

Evergreen, straggling shrub to erect small tree to 7m tall, with succulent leaves \ tolerant of saline soils and grows on termite mounds \ floodplains in drier areas \ to 1800m altitude \ fruit is sweet with a peppery taste \ fruit fermented to a drink, dried and eaten like currents or used as a substitute for mustard seed \ young shoots and leaves eaten in salads or made into a sauce \ a vegetable salt called keyr from plant ash \ fat from seeds used as a butter substitute in chocolate \ resins and micro-fibres in plant used to make a chewing gum \ good source of nectar for bees \ leaf decoction as a mouthwash \ masticated leaves for tooth and gum problems \ seed oil on skin for rheumatism \ seed oil for soaps \ twigs and roots used for toothbrushes with ability to help prevent dental carries and to relieve toothache and gum disease \ root decoction to treat gonorrhea, spleen problems and stomach aches \ roots for chest diseases or pounded as a poultice for boils \ roots for chest diseases or pounded for boils \ latex from wounded bark used to treat sores \ wood is good firewood and charcoal but if used for cooking fouls the taste of meat \ timber is soft, white, easily worked and resistant to termite attack \ used to make clubs and coffins \ planted as windbreak hedge \ leaves and young shoots browsed by camels, goats, sheep and cattle \ leaves increase lactation but effect the taste of milk \ a source of honey \ timber for furniture \ a fibre source

Schinus molle

South America

200-1200

Evergreen tree to 15m tall \ tolerates extreme drought \ gum as a mastic, dried, roasted berries as a pepper substitute and to make drinks and a wine \ essential oil from seed used in cooking and confectionary \ bark a source of tannin \ timber for furniture

Sclerocarya birrea

Africa

200-1370

Medium to large deciduous tree with a spreading crown 9m up to 18m  \ edible fruit and seed to humans \ source of gum \ a fodder plant \ bark a source of tannin \ a fibre source

Sesbania sesban

Africa

500-2000

Evergreen shrub with narrow crown and deep roots \ 1-7m tall \ edible fruit to humans \ a fodder plant \ used as a medicine

Tamarindus indica

India to Africa

350-1500

A large evergreen tree up to 30 m tall with a trunk up to 2 m diameter and a dense, spreading crown \ edible fruit, leaves and seed to humans \ source of honey \ silkworm host and rubber coagulant \ source of gum \ a fodder plant \ bark a source of tannin \ timber for furniture \ used as a medicine

Veteveria zizanioides

India

200-5000

Stiff, broad, clumping grass to 3m tall \ first line of defense against soil erosion \ source of khus-khus oil of commerce \ roots a fibre source

Ximenia americana

Africa, Americas Australia

300-1250

Semi-parasitic, drought resistant shrub or small tree to 7m tall \ seed oil as a vegetable butter \ leaves require thorough cooking \ roasted kernels are eaten but purgative in large amounts, flower petals eaten in soup \ fruit to make a kind of beer \ essential oil of heartwood used as a fumigant \ essential oil of flowers as a substitute for orange oil \ bark to strengthen indigo dye \ bark 17% tannin which give leather a reddish colour \ roots also used in tanning \bark and crushed fruit to treat sores and keep fleas from animals \ leaves at 100 ppm cause 100% mortality of Bulinus globus, the vector in the transmission of Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) \ seed oil for soap \ coppices \ wood for firewood and charcoal

Yucca glauca

Tropical America

Short clumping plant to 1m tall \ juice to make soap and varnish \ edible fruit and leaves to humans \ a fibre source \ used as a medicine

Ziziphus abyssinica

Africa

300-2000

Semi-evergreen, spiny, spreading shrub to small tree to 12m tall \ edible fruit and leaves to humans \ source of honey \ a fodder plant \ wood for firewood and charcoal \ timber for furniture \ used as a medicine