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African Food Tree Species - Leaflet series
This series of leaflets examines 11 priority food tree species in sub-Saharan Africa, such as the Bush Mango and the Shea Butter tree. Each leaflet includes a synthesis of current knowledge about each species as well as recommendations for their conservation and sustainable use and is available in English and French.
This work is the result of a joint effort between African research organizations, Bioversity International and the Forest Research Center of INIA (Spain).
Please note that the leaflets are only available currently in low resolution format. A high resolution option will be available later in 2011.
Leaflet title | Download options |
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Ackee (Blighia sapida) | |
African baobab (Adansonia digitata) | |
African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa) | |
Ber (Ziziphus mauritiania) | |
Bush butter tree (Dacryodes edulis) | |
Bush mango (Irvingia gabonensis) | |
Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) | |
Shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) | |
Sweet detar (Detarium microcarpum) | |
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) | |
Velvet tamarind (Dialium guineense) |
Read more:
Food Tree Species Working Group (301 KB) (English)- Food Tree Species Working Group) (296 KB) (Français)
- SAFORGEN network (287 KB)(English)
- SAFORGEN network (290 KB)(Français)
 | Bioversity International is a member of the CGIAR consortium |
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This work by Bioversity International is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. |
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