Fast growing leguminous trees in Sabah
1983
Jones, N. (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations/United Nations Development Programme Project, Sabah (Malaysia))
The importance of high growth rates of trees in the tropics is highlighted, particularly in relation to the future demands for wood products in Asia. In Sabah, Malaysia, the need for high volumes of wood and for tree legumes in reclamation of land degraded by excessive cultivation has prompted tree planting and trials with two major species: Acacia mangium and Albizia falcataria. Two other species, Acacia auriculiformis and Gliricidia sepium are mentioned, the latter grown primarily for its value as cocoa shade in the state. Special attention is drawn to the importance of seed origin and the dangers of overexpanding populations of limited genetic base. The biological ease with which some species can be generatively or vegetatively propagated makes overexpansion a real possibility.
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