Species Use Database

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Dive into the database and discover which species are being used, where and how.
What is it being used for? Is the use sustainable?
Is the species in use threatend with extinction?

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Target species scientific name Common name(s) Geographic location IUCN Red List status Purpose(s) of end use Practice of use Record considered ecologically sustainable / unsustainable Publication date Entered
Prunus Africana pygeum, African cherry Cameroon
VU
Vulnerable
 Medicine and hygiene, Energy Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2008 1 year 7 months ago
Pelargonium sidoides African geranium, Kalwerbossie, T’nami, Khoaara e nyenyane Lesotho
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2008 1 year 7 months ago
Prunus africana African cherry Cameroon
VU
Vulnerable
 Medicine and hygiene Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 2010 1 year 7 months ago
Millettia laurentii Wengé Cameroon
EN
Endangered
 Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 1 year 7 months ago
Zanthoxylum chalybeum Knob wood, Oloisuki, Mkunungu Tanzania, United Republic of
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene, Energy Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2020 2 years 3 months ago
Conophytum achabense Unknown South Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Keeping/companionship/display, Decorative and aesthetic Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 5 months 3 weeks ago
Encephalartos aemulans Ngotshe cycad South Africa
CR
Critically Endangered
 Keeping/companionship/display, Decorative and aesthetic Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 5 months 3 weeks ago
Pterocarpus erinaceus African Barwood, African Kino Tree, African Rosewood, African Teak, Kosso, Keno, Senegal Rosewood Ghana
EN
Endangered
 Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 2023 2 months 1 week ago