----------------+------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------- | |NITRO-| | | COMMON | | GEN |PRINCIPAL |SECONDARY | ADAPTATION SPECIES NAME | COMMON NAME|FIXING| USES | USES | ----------------+------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------- Acacia albida |Apple-Ring | Yes |MPL* |Camel feed|Hot,DryTropics | Acacia | | | | Acacia mearansii|Black Wattle| Yes |MPL | |Hot,DryTropics Acacia nilotica |Nile Acacia | Yes |AlleyCropping| |Hot,DryTropics Boscia | | No |Emergency | |Hot,DryTropics senegalensis | | | Food | | Bursera simaruba|Gumbo Limbo | No |Living Fence |Industrial|Hot,DryTropics | | | | Gum | Calliandra |Calliandra | Yes |MPL |Fuel |Wet Tropics calothyrsis | | | | | Chaemaecytisus |Tagaste | Yes |AlleyCropping|MPL |Upland Tropics palmensis | | | Cropping | | Cassie siamea |Siamese | Yes |Fuel, Hard |MPL |Hot Tropics | Acacia | | Wood | | Casuarina sp. |Casuarina | Yes |Fuel, Lumber |Windbreak |Hot Tropics Erythrina |Coral Bean | Yes |Living Fence |MPL |Intermediate berteroana | | | | | Tropics Gliricidia |Mother of | Yes |Living Fence |MPL |Intermediate sepium | Cacao | | | | Tropics Hibiscus |Mahoe | No |Living Fence |Erosion |Hot,DryTropics tiliaceus | | | | Control | Leucaena |Leucaena | Yes |Alley |MPL |Intermediate leucocephala | | |Cropping,Fuel| | Tropics Moringa pterygo-|Moringa | No |Food |Living |Intermediate sperma(formerly| | | | Fence | Tropics M. Oleifera) | | | | | Moringa | | No |Food |Living |Wet Tropics stenopetala | | | | Fence | Sapium sebiferum|Tallow tree | No |Useful Oils |Erosion |Intermediate | | | | Control | Subtropics Sesbania |Sesban | Yes |Food, Alley |MPL |Intermediate grandiflora | | | Cropping | | Tropics Swietenia |Mahogany | No |Timber | |Wet Tropics mahogani | | | | | Tamarisk sp. |Tamarisk | No |Windbreak |Lumber |Dry Subtropics Yucca |Bulbstem | No |Living Fence |Edible |Hot and elephantipes | Yucca | | | Flowers | Intermediate | | | | | Subtropics ----------------+------------+------+-------------+----------+--------------