Eucalyptus grandis is a very tall tree to 60m with a straight clear bole. Bark is greyish-white or bluish-grey, smooth and peeling in strips. Leaves are greyish blue, long and curved; drooping Flowers are white in white in pointed cones. Mature cones are brownish, small with 4-5 valves, which are exerted and in-curved (cf. E. saligna), containing very many tiny seeds. Note: E. grandis is often confused with E. saligna, they are very closely related taxonomically and are similar in appearance and likely to hybridize.
Pre-Sowing Treatment
Pre-sowing treatment is not necessary.
End Uses
The wood of E. grandis is used for timber (construction and furniture), poles, posts, plywood and fuelwood.
Grevillea robusta is a tree up to 20m high or more with a straight bole. Bark is dark grey, very rough and vertically grooved. Leaves are silver-grey below and pale green above, fern-like. Flowers are in spikes, yellow-orange. Mature fruits are yellowish-brown capsules with a slender beak, splitting to release two winged and light seeds.
Pre-Sowing Treatment
Pre-sowing treatment is not required.
End Uses
The species is used for timber (furniture, plywood, veneer), poles/posts and fuelwood. Other uses include bee forage, fodder, mulch, soil conservation, windbreak, shade and ornamental.
Moringa oleifera is a deciduous shrub or tree up to 10m high. Bark is grey, thick and corky, peeling in patches. Leaves are compound with 6-9 pale green leaflets per pinna. Flowers are cream, fading yellow. Mature fruits are brown capsules which are triangular in cross-section, up to 45cm long, splitting open when dry to release dark brown 3-winged light seeds.
Pre-Sowing Treatment
Pre-sowing treatment is not necessary.
End Uses
The species has several uses, which include food (young pods, leaves & flowers), fodder, edible oil (seeds), water purification (pounded seeds) and medicine.
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Cupressus lusitanica is a tree to 35m high with branches that hang down. Bark is red-brown with vertical grooves, turning greyish with age. Leaves are bluish-green with pointed tips. Mature female cones are brown and round, up to 1.5cm across, covered with scales, each cone with about 75 brownish seeds with a narrow wing.
Pre-Sowing Treatment
Pre-sowing treatment is not necessary.
End Uses
The wood of this species is used for timber, furniture, poles, posts and fuelwood. Other uses include live fence (most popular use with farmers).
Vitex keniensis is a deciduous tree up to 35m high with a clear straight bole. Bark is pale brown with vertical grooves. Leaves are compound, divided into 5 leaflets, on a long hairy stalk. Flowers are white or purplish with one dark mauve petal lobe. Mature fruits are black, round, about 1.5cm across, usually containing 1-2 or rarely 3-4 seeds.
Pre-Sowing Treatment
Best sown in a seedbed since several seedlings will germinate from each nut and can be separated during pricking out. Seeds take a long time to germinate.
End Uses
The tree produces a teak like, termite resistant timber that is used for construction and furniture, production of poles and fuelwood. Other uses include food (edible fruit), medicine, fodder, bee forage, mulch and shade.
Calodendrum capense is a semi-deciduous tree of 20m high. Bark is grey and smooth, young branchlets hairy. Leaves are opposite, simple often bunched together, midrib and veins very clear underneath. Flowers are large and showy, pink-white with crimson dots and purple-brown anthers on the long stamens. Mature fruit round, covered in warty prickles, opening into 5 segments exposing 8-10 black seeds which are 3-angled.
Pre-Sowing Treatment
Pre-sowing treatment is not necessary.
End Uses
The species is used for timber, fuelwood, poles, tool handles, medicine, shade, ornamental and bee forage.
