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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
Aloe secundiflora African aloes Kenya
LC
Least Concern
Medicine and hygiene, Conservation Management Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 5 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 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 2 months ago
Gyps rueppelli Rüppell’s Vulture Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, United Republic of
CR
Critically Endangered
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2017 6 months 3 weeks ago