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

Dalbergia melanoxylon
Dalbergia sisso
Pterocarpus erinaceus

Humid Tropics

Albizia saman
 (syn. Samanea saman)
Dalbergia latifolia
Dalbergia retusa
Enterolobium cyclocarpum
Pterocarpus angolensis
Pterocarpus indicus
Pterocarpus soyauxii

Highland Tropics

Acacia koa
Acacia melanoxylon
Tipuana tipu

Temperate

none

 

ROUGHCUT TIMBER SPECIES


Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics

Acacia polyacantha
Acacia saligna
Albizia lebbeck
Faidherbia albida
  (syn. Acacia albida)
Pithecellobium dulce

Humid Tropic

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

Acacia holosericea
Acacia nilotica
Acacia saligna
Acacia seya
Acacia tortiIis
Albizia lebbeck
Cajanus cajan
Casuarina equisetifolia
Dalbergia sissoo
Faidherbia albida
  (syn. Acacia albida)
Gliricidia sepium
Pithecellobium dulce
Prosopis alba/chilensis
Prosopis cineraria
Prosopis juliflora/pallida

Humid Tropics

Acacia auriculiformis
Acacia crassicarpa
Acacia mangium
Albizia saman
  (syn. Samanea saman)
Casuarina equisetifolia
Calliandra calothyrsus
Casuarina cunninghamiana
Casuarina junghuhniana
Enterolobium cyclocarpum
Gliricidia sepium
Leucaena leucocephala
Leucaena diversifolia
Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia

Highland Tropics

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

 

 

Temperate

Alnus rubra
Caragana arborescens
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Robinia pseudoacacia

 

FODDER


Arid and Semi-Arid 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

 

 

 

Humid Tropics

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

Highland Tropics

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

Temperate

Lespedeza bicolor
Robinia pseudoacacia

 

 

 

 

   HUMAN FOOD


Arid and Semi-Arid 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

Humid Tropics

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

 

 

 

Temperate

Elaeagnus spp.
Hippophae rhamnoides
Robinia pseudoacacia
Shepherdia argentea

 

GREEN MANURE, SOIL EROSION CONTROL, ALLEY FARMING


Arid and Semi-Arid Tropics

Albizia lebbeck
Cajanus cajan
Chamaecytisus palmensis

 

Humid Tropics

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

 

Highland Tropics

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

Temperate

Albizia julibrissin
Chamaecytisus palmensis
Lespedeza bicolor