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Nitrogen Fixing Tree Species by Use and Ecology

Source: Forest, Farm, and Community Tree Network (FACT Net) QUALITY TIMBER SPECIES
Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics Humid Tropics Dalbergia melanoxylon Dalbergia sisso Pterocarpus erinaceus Highland Tropics Temperate none

Albizia saman Acacia koa (syn. Samanea saman) Acacia melanoxylon Dalbergia latifolia Tipuana tipu Dalbergia retusa Enterolobium cyclocarpum Pterocarpus angolensis Pterocarpus indicus Pterocarpus soyauxii

ROUGHCUT TIMBER SPECIES

Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics Humid Tropic Acacia polyacantha Acacia saligna Albizia lebbeck Faidherbia albida (syn. Acacia albida) Pithecellobium dulce Acacia auriculiformis Acacia crassicarpa Acacia mangium Paraserianthes falcataria (syn. Albizia falcataria ) Highland Tropics Acacia mearnsii Alnus acuminata Alnus nepalensis Mimosa scabrella Temperate Alnus rubra Robinia pseudoacacia

FUELWOOD
Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics Humid Tropics Acacia holosericea Acacia nilotica Acacia saligna Acacia seya Acacia tortiIis Albizia lebbeck Cajanus cajan Casuarina equisetifolia Dalbergia sissoo Faidherbia albida Highland Tropics Temperate

Acacia auriculiformis Acacia crassicarpa Acacia mangium Albizia saman (syn. Samanea saman) Casuarina equisetifolia Calliandra calothyrsus Casuarina cunninghamiana Casuarina junghuhniana

Acacia mearnsii Alnus acuminata Alnus nepalensis Casuarina cunninghamiana Casuarina junghuhniana Inga vera Leucaena diversifolia Mimosa scabrella

Alnus rubra Caragana arborescens Elaeagnus angustifolia Robinia pseudoacacia

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(syn. Acacia albida) Gliricidia sepium Pithecellobium dulce Prosopis alba/chilensis Prosopis cineraria Prosopis juliflora/pallida

Enterolobium cyclocarpum Gliricidia sepium Leucaena leucocephala Leucaena diversifolia Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia

FODDER
Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics Humid Tropics Acacia aneura Acacia nilotica Acacia tortilis Albizia lebbeck Cajanus cajan Chamaecytisus palmensis Faidherbia albida (syn. Acacia albida) Pithecellobium dulce Prosopis alba/chilensis Prosopis cineraria Prosopis juliflora/pallida HUMAN Highland Tropics Temperate

Albizia lebbeck Albizia saman (syn. Samanea saman) Cajanus cajan Calliandra calothyrsus Desmodium gyroides (syn. Codariocalyx gyroides) Desmodium nicaraguense (syn. Desmodium rensonii) Enterolobium cyclocarpum Gliricidia sepium Leucaena leucocephala Leucaena diversifolia Sesbania grandiflora Sesbania sesban

Calliandra calothyrsus Chamaegtisus palmensis Leucaena diversifolia Paraserianthes lophantha (syn. Albizia lophantha)

Lespedeza bicolor Robinia pseudoacacia

FOOD
Temperate Elaeagnus spp. Hippophae rhamnoides Robinia pseudoacacia Shepherdia argentea

Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics Humid Tropics Acacia aneura Acacia nilotica Acacia senegal Cajanus cajan Cordeauxia edulis Geoffroea decorticans Inga vera Olneya tesota Pithecellobium dulce Prosopis cineraria Prosopis juliflora/pallida Sesbania grandiflora Acacia pennata ssp insuavis Cajanus cajan Enterolobium cyclocarpum Inga edulis Inga vera Leucaena leucocephala Parkia filicoidea Parkia javanica Parkia speciosa Pentaclethra macrophylla Pithecellobium dulce Sesbania grandiflora

Highland Tropics Erythrina edulis Inga edulis Inga feuillei Myrica esculenta

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GREEN MANURE, SOIL EROSION CONTROL, ALLEY FARMING

Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics Humid Tropics Albizia lebbeck Cajanus cajan Chamaecytisus palmensis Highland Tropics Temperate

Acacia angustissima Acacia glauca (syn. Acacia villosa) Albizia lebbeck Albizia saman (syn. Samanea saman) Cajanus cajan Calliandra calothyrsus Desmodium gyroides (syn. Codariocalyx gyroides) Desmodium nicaraguense (syn. Desmodium rensonii) Enterolobium cyclocarpum Gliricidia sepium Leucaena leucocephala Leucaena diversifolia Sesbania grandiflora Sesbania sesban Tephrosia candida Tephrosia vogelii

Calliandra calothyrsus Chamaecytisus palmensis Leucaena diversifoli Paraserianthes lophantha (syn. Albizia lophantha) Sesbania sesban

Albizia julibrissin Chamaecytisus palmensis Lespedeza bicolor

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