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Table 1.1 The benefits from Acacia in the rural economy (after Seif el Din 1991)

Wood products		Non-wood products		Services
Domestic	Commercial	Domestic	Commercial
firewood	firewood	browse		soil fertility
charcoal	charcoal	traditional		environment
		medicines		protection
domestic utensils		gum	gum	game refuge
tool handles		tannin	tannin	ornamental
construction poles	construction timber	fibre
handicrafts		bee forage
		fish poison

Table 2.1.1 Acacia species used for firewood and charcoal (Boudy, 1950; Palmer and Pitman, 1972, Kinyanjui, 1985; Maydell, 1986; Riley and Brokensha, 1988; Bird and Shepherd, 1989; Bhandari, 1990; Guinko, 1991; Hines and Eckman, 1993; Nahal, 1993)

Species	Properties
AFRICA
A. amythethophylla	occasionally used for firewood in the Sahel
A. ataxacantha	preferred wet season firewood by the Mbere since wood does not readily absorb water and will maintain flammability; occasionally used in the Sahel
A. brevispica	preferred wet season firewood by the Mbere since wood does not readily absorb water and will maintain flammability
A. caffra	provides a good fuel for brick kilns
A. drepanolobium	Mbeere women use the dry branches to ignite 'trot' kindling for a steady burn of charcoal when firing pottery
A. dudgeoni	occasionally used for firewood and charcoal in the Sahel
A. ehrenbergiana	occasionally used for firewood in the Sahel
A. erioloba	widely used for fuel, especially in the Kimberley area of South Africa
A. erubescens	a very hot fuel source
A. erythrocalyx.	occasionally used for firewood in the Sahel
A. gerrardii	a preferred firewood in Tanzania high quality charcoal
A. gourmaensis	occasionally used for firewood in the Sahel
A. grandicornuta	used for fuel in southern Africa
A. gummifera	used for firewood and charcoal in southern Morocco
A. hockii	used for firewood and charcoal in Kenya
A. karroo	used for firewood and charcoal in southern Africa
A. laeta	an important source of firewood and high quality charcoal in the Sahel
A. lahai	a preferred species for firewood and charcoal in Tanzania
A. macrostachya	occasionally used for firewood in the Sahel
A. mellifera sensu lato	slow-burning firewood valued by the Mbeere for cooking; a preferred firewood in Tanzania, excellent charcoal
A. nigrescens	favoured fuel for tobacco barns and charcoal in N Kenya
A. nilotica sensu lato	an important source of firewood and charcoal in the Sahel. Bark preferred by Mbeere for firing pottery; a preferred source of firewood and good quality charcoal in Tanzania; calorific value of heartwood 4950 kcal/kg, sapwood 4800 kcal/kg.
subsp. adstrigens	an important source of firewood and charcoal in the Sahel
subsp. nilotica	an important source of firewood and charcoal in the Sahel
subsp. tomentosa	an important source of firewood and charcoal in the Sahel
A. polyacantha
subsp. campylacantha	occasionally used for firewood and charcoal in the Sahel; a preferred firewood in Tanzania
A. reficiens
subsp. misera	preferred fuelwood for breadmaking in Somalia
A. robusta	little value for fuel
A. senegal	an important source of firewood and charcoal in the Sahel
A. seyal
var. fistula	good charcoal
var. seyal	an important source of firewood {firewood susceptible to insect attack if not used soon after cutting}and an occasional to important source of good quality charcoal in the Sahel
A. sieberiana	an occasional source of firewood and charcoal in the Sahel; a preferred firewood in Tanzania
A. tortilis sensu lato	an important source of firewood and charcoal in the Sahel; a preferred source of firewood and good quality charcoal in Tanzania; calorific value 4400 kcal/kg
subsp. heterocantha	firewood
subsp. raddiana	a preferred fuelwood in the Sahel
subsp. spirocarpa	firewood and charcoal
A. xanthophloea	a preferred firewood in Tanzania; makes good charcoal
F. albida	an occasional source of firewood and charcoal in the Sahel; a preferred source of firewood and charcoal in Tanzania; calorific value 4700 kcal/kg
INDIA
A. jacquemontii	firewood and charcoal; charcoal of high calorific value, favoured by gold-, silver- and iron-smiths. charcoal suitable for gunpowder
A. leucophloea	used for fuel
A. modesta	used for fuel
A. nilotica
subsp. indica	used for fuel

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