Species Use Database

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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
Hoodia gordonii Ghaap, Bitter, Ghap, Xhoba, Hoodia, Igoa-I South Africa
Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild No, sustainability not determined 2008 1 year 8 months ago
Encephalartos spp. cycads, broodbome, uMpanga South Africa
Medicine and hygiene, Keeping/companionship/display Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild No, sustainability not determined 2008 1 year 8 months ago
Ansellia spp. Leopard orchid, Tiger orchid Kenya
Medicine and hygiene, Collection/display, Scientific Research Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2008 1 year 8 months ago
Aloe ferox Bitter Aloe, Cape Aloe South Africa
Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2019 2 years 6 months ago
Oxytenanthera abyssinica African lowland bamboo Ethiopia
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Energy, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 5 months ago
Boswellia spp. Frankincense, Oilbanum Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda
Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Fragrance manufacturing chiefly for incense and perfumery Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 2 years 5 months ago
Ceratotherium simum spp. simium Southern white rhinoceros South Africa
Medicine and hygiene, Collection/display Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species Yes, considered sustainable 2022 2 years 7 months ago
Neophron oercnopterus Egyptian vultures Nigeria
Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2020 9 months 3 weeks ago
Hoodia gordonii Ghaap, Bitter ghaap, Xhoba, Hoodia South Africa
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild not recorded 2008 4 months 1 week ago
Khaya anthotheca Umbaua, East African Mahogany, White Mahogany Mozambique
Medicine and hygiene, Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 2024 1 month 1 week ago
Prunus africana African almond, Kanda stick, African cherry, Red stinkwood, Prunier d'Afrique Cameroon
Medicine and hygiene Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 2016 2 weeks 6 days ago