Reforestation tree species for Tanzania
(Other counties. Raw data: Github. Seedling ID HOWTO and naming info. Glossaries of botanical terms: Wikipedia, Calflora, Chicago flora, Bell.)
| 1 | Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Arn. (Fabaceae) pink cedar Not native to Tanzania Morphology: Leaves alternate. Leaves on small seedlings pinnate, with later leaves bipinnate. Some intermediate leaves may even be present with opposite leaflets basal on the main rachis, and pinnate leaflets more proximally. Leaflets entire, indeed looking like fraxinus leaflets. | ACROFRAX |  |  |
| 2 | Annona muricata L. (Annonaceae) soursop (en), korosol (ht) Not native to Tanzania Morphology: Leaves alternate, elliptic, with glossy upper surface. Secondary veins not visible. | ANNOMURI |  |  |
| 3 | Casuarina equisetifolia L. (Casuarinaceae) beach sheoak (en) Morphology: Long, leaf-like twigs with reduced leaves. Superficially like a pine. | CASUEQUI |  |  |
| 4 | Croton megalocarpus Hutch. (Euphorbiaceae) mukinduri (ke) Native to Tanzania Morphology: Leaves alternate, long-petioled, golden-scaled below. Margin entire. Lamina deeply corrugated between secondary nerves. Leaf base cordate. | CROTMEGA |  |  |
| 5 | Cupressaceae spp. (Cupressaceae) Morphology: Youngest seedlings with opposite, needle leaves. Older seedlings and trees with scale leaves adpressed to twig. Compare with: CUPRLUSI JUNIPROC | CUPR0000 |  |  |
| 6 | Cupressus lusitanica Mill. (Cupressaceae) Not native to Tanzania Morphology: Youngest seedlings with opposite, needle leaves. Older seedlings and trees with scale leaves adpressed to twig. Compare with: CUPR0000 JUNIPROC | CUPRLUSI |  |  |
| 7 | Eucalyptus spp. (Myrtaceae) eucalyptus Not native to Tanzania Morphology: Smallest seedlings often with sessile, opposite leaves. Older seedlings with alternate, petiolate leaves. | EUCA0000 |  |  |
| 8 | Grevillea banksii R.Br. (Proteaceae) scarlet grevillea (en) Not native to Tanzania Morphology: Leaves alternate, pinnately lobed. Lobes opposite, 4 pairs with terminal, narrow, with parallel sides, not tending towards pinnate sub-lobing. Compare with: GREVROBU | GREVBANK |  |  |
| 9 | Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. ex R.Br. (Proteaceae) silky oak (en) Not native to Tanzania Morphology: Leaves alternate, pinnately to bipinnately lobed. lobes with serrate margins, tending towards pinnate sub-lobing. Primary lobes up to 10 pairs, opposite on 'rachis'. Compare with: GREVBANK | GREVROBU |  |  |
| 10 | Indet. 1 Morphology: Leaves ovoid, long-petioled, pale below but not golden. Seven basal veins originating from leaf base. Leaf base deeply cordate with margins overlapping. Leaf margin serrate. Compare with: CROTMEGA | INDE0001 |  |  |
| 11 | Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl. (Cupressaceae) African pencil cedar (en), African juniper (en), mtarakwa (tz) Native to Tanzania Morphology: Youngest seedlings with opposite, needle leaves. Older seedlings and trees with scale leaves adpressed to twig. Compare with: CUPR0000 CUPRLUSI | JUNIPROC |  |  |
| 12 | Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K.Schum. (Bignoniaceae) Nile tulip tree (en) Native to Tanzania Morphology: Leaves opposite, simple in youngest seedlings, imparipinnate after ~tenth leaf (with three leaflets, then five, then seven). Stipules large, appearing interpetiolar. Margin serrate (in seedlings). | MARKLUTE |  |  |
| 13 | Newtonia buchananii (Fabaceae) Native to Tanzania Morphology: Leaves bipinnate. Leaflets 35-65 pairs, linear or falcate, 2-9 mm long. | NEWTBUCH |  |  |
| 14 | Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham. (Pinaceae) Not native to Tanzania | PINUPATU |  | |
| 15 | Psidium guajava L. (Myrtaceae) guava (en) Not native to Tanzania Morphology: Leaves opposite. Secondary veins deeply sunken into leaf (from above). | PSIDGUAJ |  |  |
| 16 | Spathodea campanulata P.Beauv. (Bignoniaceae) African tulip tree (en), kibobakasi (tz) Native to Tanzania Morphology: Leaves opposite and pinnate, with brown hairs in young seedlings. | SPATCAMP |  |  |
| 17 | Tectona grandis L.f. (Lamiaceae) teak (en) Not native to Tanzania Morphology: Leaves opposite, large, obovate, almost sessile. | TECTGRAN |  |  |
| 18 | Vachellia tortilis (Forssk.) Galasso & Banfi (Fabaceae) umbrella thorn (en), ltepes (ke) Native to Tanzania Morphology: Twigs with pairs of straight, long, white thorns and pairs of shorter, curved dark thorns. Leaves approx. 2.5 cm long, pinnate, with 4 to 10 pairs of pinnae, each with up to 15 pairs of leaflets. Pods coiled. | ACACTORT |  |  |
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