CITES Listed Trees

All plant taxa that are listed in the CITES Appendices and considered to be trees are listed below.

The list includes cycads, tree ferns and palms, and excludes woody succulent species.

These species are listed due to their value in the timber, medicinal and/or horticultural trade.

Please note that this list does not have any legal value - only the CITES Appendices and EU Annexes do. Search the CITES Species Database for further details.

The Species Database is currently being re-built. The query interface will be improved to allow additional searches to be made including plants with the habit "tree".

 

 

Family Species / Genus Common Name Appendix EC Annex
ARAUCARIACEAE Araucaria araucana Monkey Puzzle I A
CARYOCARACEAE Caryocar costaricense #4 Costus II B
CUPRESSACEAE Fitzroya cupressoides Patagonian cypress I A
  Pilgerodendron uviferum Ciprès I A
CYATHEACEAE Cyathea spp. #4 Tree ferns II B
CYCADACEAE CYCADACEAE spp. #4 (Except the species included in Appendix I) Cycads II B
  Cycas beddomei Cycad I A
EBENACEAE Diospyros aculeata #5 (includes var. meridionalis) (Madagascar) Ebony  III  

Diospyros analamerensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros anosivolensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros baroniana #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros bemarivensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros bernieri #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros bernieriana #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros bezofensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros boinensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros boivinii #5 (includes var. manongarivensis) (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros calophylla #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros caucheana #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros cinnamomooides #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros clusiifolia #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros conifera #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros coursiana #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros crassiflorides #5 (Diospyros crassiflora) (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros cupulifera #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros danguyana #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros decaryana #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros dycorypheoides #5 (includes var. meridionalis) (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros ebenifera #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros enervis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros erinacea #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros erythrosperma #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros filipes #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros fuscovelutina #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros geayana #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros gneissicola #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros gracilipes #5 (includes vars lecomtei, parvifolia, velutipes and subenervis) (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros greveana #5 (includes var. boinensis) (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros haplostylis #5 (includes var. hildebrandtii) (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros hazomainty #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros hemiteles #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros heterosepala #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros humbertiana #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros humbertii #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros implexicalyx #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros ketsensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros laevis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros lamiana #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros lanceolata #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros latispathulata #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros lenticellata #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros leucomelas #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros leucocalyx #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros lokohensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros louveli #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros madagascariensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros madecassa #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros magnifolia #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros manampetsae #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros mangabensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros mangorensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros mapingo #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros masoalensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros mcphersonii #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros meeusiana #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros microrhombus #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros montigena #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros myriophylla #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros myrtifolia #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros myrtilloides #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros natalensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros neraudii #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros nigricans #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros nodosa #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros obducta #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros occlusa #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros olacinoides #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros onivensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros parifolia #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros parvifolia #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros perreticulata #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros perrieri #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros pervillei #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros platycalyx #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros pruinosa #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros quartzitarium #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros quercina #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros revaughanii #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros rubrolanata #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros sakalavarum #5 (includes var. mollifolia) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros sclerophylla #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros seychellarum #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros sphaerosepala #5 (includes var. calyculata) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros stenocarpa #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros striicalyx #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros subacuta #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros subenervis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros subfalciformes #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros subsessifolia #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros subtrinervis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros tampinensis #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros tetraceros #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros tetrapoda #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros torquata #5 (includes var. mabaoides) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros toxacaria #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros tropophylla #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros urschii #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros velutipes #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros vera #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros vescoi #5 (includes var. mandrarensis) Ebony  III  
  Diospyros viguieriana #5 (Madagascar) Ebony  III  
JUGLANDACEAE Oreomunnea pterocarpa #4 Gavilán II B
LAURACEAE Aniba rosaeodora #12 Brazilian rosewood II B
LEGUMINOSAE Caesalpinia echinata #10 Brasileto II B
  Dalbergia dariensis #2(population of Panama)    III  
  Dalbergia louvelli #5 (Madagascar)   III  
  Dalbergia monticola #5 (Madagascar)   III  
  Dalbergia nigra Brazilian rosewood I A
  Dalbergia normandii #5 (Madagascar)   III  
  Dalbergia purpurascens #5 (Madagascar)   III  
  Dalbergia retusa (population of Guatemala) #5 (population of Panama) #2 Cocobolo III C
  Dalbergia stevensonii (population of Guatemala) #5 Honduras rosewood III C
  Dalbergia xerophila #5 (Madagascar)   III  
  Dipteryx panamensis (Costa Rica, Nicaragua) Almendro III C
  Pericopsis elata #5 African teak II B
  Platymiscium pleiostachyum #4 Cristóbal II B
  Pterocarpus santalinus #7 Red Sandalwood II B
MAGNOLIACEAE Magnolia liliifera var. obovata #1 (Nepal) Magnolia III C
MELIACEAE Cedrela odorata #5 (Brazil and the Plurinational State of Bolivia. In addition, the following countries have listed their national populations: Colombia, Guatemala and Peru) Spanish cedar III C
  Cedrela fissilis #5 (Plurinational State of Bolivia)   III  
  Cedrela lilloi #5 (Plurinational State of Bolivia)   III  
  Swietenia humilis #4 Mexican mahogany II B
  Swietenia macrophylla #6 (Populations of the Neotropics) Big-Leaf Mahogany II B
  Swietenia mahagoni #5 American mahogany II B
PALMAE Becariophoenix madagascariensis #4 Manarano palm II B
  Chrysalidocarpus decipiens Butterfly palm II B
  Lemurophoenix halleuxii Red-lemur palm II B
  Lodoicea maldivica #13 (Seychelles)   III  
  Marojejya darianii Ravimbe palm II B
  Neodypsis decaryi #4 Feather palm II B
  Ravenea louvelii Lakamarefo palm II B
  Ravenia rivularis Gora palm II B
  Satranala decussilvae Satranabe palm II B
  Voanioala gerardii Voanioala palm II B
PINACEAE Abies guatemalensis Pinabete I A
  Pinus koraiensis #5 (Russian Federation)   III  
PODOCARPACEAE Podocarpus neriifolius #1 (Nepal)   III C
  Podocarpus parlatorei Parlatore's podocarp I A
ROSACEAE Prunus africana #4 African Cherry II B
RUBIACEAE Balmea stormiae Ayugue I A
TAXACEAE Taxus chinensis and infraspecific taxa of this species #2 Chinese yew II B
  Taxus cuspidata and infraspecific taxa of this species 9 #2 Japanese yew II B
  Taxus fuana and infraspecific taxa of this species #2   II B
  Taxus sumatrana and infraspecific taxa of this species #2   II B
  Taxus wallichiana and infraspecific taxa of this species #2 Himalayan yew II B
THYMELEACEAE Aquilaria spp. #4 Agarwood II B
  Gonystylus spp. #4 Ramin II B
  Gyrinops spp. #4   II B
TROCHENDRACEAE Tetracentron sinense #1 (Nepal)   III

C

ZAMIACEAE ZAMIACEAE spp.#4 (Except the species included in Appendix I) Cycads II B
  Ceratozamia spp. Cycads I A
  Chigua spp. Cycads I A
  Encephalartos spp. Cycads I A
  Microcycas calocoma Cycad I A
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE Bulnesia sarmientoi #11 Holywood, Palo santo, Lignum vitae II B
  Guaiacum spp. #2 Holywood, Lignum vitae II B

 

9 Artificially propagated hybrids and cultivars of Taxus cuspidata, live, in pots or other small containers, each consignment being accompanied by a label or document stating the name of the taxon or taxa and the text 'artificially propagated', are not subject to the provisions of the Convention.

 

#1 All parts and derivatives, except:

a) seeds, spores and pollen (including pollinia);

b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers;

c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants; and

d) fruits, and parts and derivatives thereof, of artificially propagated plants of the genus Vanilla.

 

#2 All parts and derivatives except:

a) seeds and pollen; and

b) finished products packaged and ready for retail trade.

#4 All parts and derivatives except:

a) seeds (including seedpods of Orchidaceae), spores and pollen (including pollinia). The exemption does not apply to seeds from Cactaceae spp. exported from Mexico, and to seeds from Beccariophoenix madagascariensis and Neodypsis decaryi exported from Madagascar;

b) seedling or tissue cultures obtained in vitro, in solid or liquid media, transported in sterile containers;

c) cut flowers of artificially propagated plants;

d) fruits, and parts and derivatives thereof, of naturalized or artificially propagated plants of the genus Vanilla (Orchidaceae) and of the family Cactaceae;

e) stems, flowers, and parts and derivatives thereof, of naturalized or artificially propagated plants of the genera Opuntia subgenus Opuntia and Selenicereus (Cactaceae); and

f) finished products of Euphorbia antisyphilitica packaged and ready for retail trade.

 

#5 Logs, sawn wood and veneer sheets.

 

#6 Logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets and plywood.

 

#7 Logs, wood-chips, powder and extracts.

 

#10 Logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, including unfinished wood articles used for the fabrication of bows for stringed musical instruments.

 

#11 Logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood, powder and extracts.

 

#12 Logs, sawn wood, veneer sheets, plywood and essential oil (excluding finished products packaged and ready for retail trade).

 

#13 The kernel (also known as 'endosperm', 'pulp' or 'copra') and any derivative thereof.

 

 

 Updated 17 January 2012