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Sorindeia
madagascariensis
Suregada zanzibarensis
Synaptolepis kirkii
Tabernaemontana
ventricosa
Tamarindus indica
Terminalia catappa
Uvaria spp. (several of
them)
diabetes (5 pcs of twigs per does)
Roots used against malaria, hookworms and hemorrhoids.
Treating breeding of women and women pains while in
monthly periods. Stem bark to treat syphilis sores
Leaf infusion used to treat fever
Roots are used to treat vomiting and impotence.
Milk sap from fruits and stems to heal wounds
Seeds laxative
Bark and roots to treat catarrh (inflammation of the
mucous membrane), diarrhea, dysentery, skin diseases and
asthma
Leaves and roots used to epilepsy, malaria treatments and
lunacy (insanity, madness)
4.1.7 Conservation values of the forest
Ngezi forest reserve is categorized among the top high priority sites of the East
African Coastal sites. Important priority sites are those with high levels of
biodiversity, by using species richness and degree of endemism together with the
actions, which cause primary threats to the long-term survival of these sites.
The approach for listing Ngezi Forest Reserve as amongst high priority sites include
over four plant species and five animal species (IUCN 2000). The coastal forest on
Mafia and Pemba Islands both of which receive almost 2000mm of average annual
rainfall contain fewer endemic plant species compared to their counterparts on the
mainland Tanzania.
Ngezi is the only largest remaining forest in Pemba having some of the vegetation
formations that are important locally and globally. The moist forest has assembled
species population not found elsewhere on the East African Coastal Forests. Antiaris
toxicaria is considered rare globally; however it is quite common in Ngezi associated
with Quassia undulata and Bombax rhodognaphalon, species which are otherwise
restricted to East African lowland coastal forests. The moist forests also contain
montane species of Cassipourea, Erica and Drypetes. Besides, the reserve is also a
globally unique habitat for Quassia indica with formidable populations in the swamp
forest and the Madagascan link of Chrysalidocarpus and the monotypic swamp
species of Typhonodorum lindleyanum.
The Erica heath-land is a very unique habitat confined to Ngezi and Mafia Islands. It
is one of the most vulnerable habitats to fire hazards; hence its conservation should be
of global significance. Other habitats are economically important as sources of forest
products, which includes timber, fruits and building materials (as evidenced in coastal
dry evergreen forest), whereas the mangrove formations are essential as source of
various building materials and for providing sanctuary marine life.
The primary cause of the loss of diversity is the habitat perturbation that results from
the increase of human populations and human interactions with ecological ecosystem.
Plant species have provided local populations in the vicinity of the reserve and town
residents a variety of forest products, the most important reason for preserving
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