Forest Products, Livelihoods and Conservation

210 The Pterocarpus angolensis DC. based woodcraft industry in the Bushbuckridge district

Botanical name Common name Major uses Conservation status

Pterocarpus Kiaat Bowls, spoons, Protected

angolensis plates, trays,

furniture

Dalbergia Black ivory/ Small dishes, Threatened

melanoxylon zebrawood spoons, throughout

walking sticks, the region, scarce

candles sticks,

small tables

Berchemia Red ivory Walking sticks, Scarce

zeyheri spoons,

forks, bowls, eggs,

small tables

Olea europea Wild olive Spoons, small bowls, Protected, scarce

ssp. africana eggs, walking sticks,

small tables

Spirostachys Tamboti Trays, furniture, Protected

africana walking sticks

Apodytes White pear Walking sticks, Protected

dimidiata batons, eggs

Combretum Lead wood Furniture, Protected

imberbe Wawra walking sticks,

plates and boards

Acacia Flame thorn Teaspoons Common

ataxacantha DC.

Breonadia Matumi Bowls, spoons, Limited

microcephala small tables

(Delile) Ridsd.

Terminalia Silver cluster leaf Furniture, trays, Common

sericea spoons, bowls

Burch. Ex DC.

Dombeya rotundifolia Wild pear Spoons Common

(Hochst.)Planchon

Schotia Weeping boer bean Walking sticks Limited

brachypetala Sonder

Acacia Knob thorn Candle sticks, Common

nigrescens Oliver spoons

Albizia versicolor Poison-pod albizia Mortar and pestles Common

Welw. Ex Oliver

Sclerocarya birrea Marula Stools, animals Common

(A. Rich.) Hochst

Dichrostachys cinerea Sickle bush Spoons, forks, Common and a bush

(L.) Wight & Arn. bowls encroacher

Jacaranda Jacaranda Bowls, spoons, Exotic and invasive

mimosifolia animals

Table 3. Species used by woodworkers in Bushbuckridge and their main uses

Note: Species are listed in order of frequency of use.

Sources: Shackleton 1993, Newton 1998.

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