Useful Plants
| Useful Plant Name | Uses | ||
| Acacia albida | for fodder and hedges | ||
| Acacia cyanophylla | fencing posts, beansticks, fuel, leaves as fodder for sheep and goats, flame resistant windbreak, stops sand dune formation, hal | ||
| Acacia farnesiana | leaves eaten by livestock, perfume from flowers, adhesive resin from trunks | ||
| Acacia melanoxylon | wood for furniture | ||
| Acer obtusifolium | timber | ||
| Aesculus hippocastanum | fruits for fodder | ||
| Agave sisalana | sisal hemp fibre | ||
| Ailanthus altissima | planted to combat erosion | ||
| Alnus orientalis | dark brown wood for carving | ||
| Amygdalus communis | almond for skin care lotions and cosmetics | ||
| Arbutus andrachne | timber for chairs, tool handles, charcoal and firewood | ||
| Asphodelus aestivus | tubers make glue used by cobblers | ||
| Asphodelus fistulosus | roots for cosmetic preparations | ||
| Atriplex semibaccata | sheep fodder for saline land | ||
| Berberis cretica | yellow dye from roots for wood and silk | ||
| Bauhinia variegata | bark used by dyers | ||
| Borago officinalis | odour eater for feet | ||
| Brachychiton diversifolius | Bottle Tree, fodder but toxic | ||
| Broussonetia papyrifera | paper mulberry, bark used to make paper or cloth | ||
| Calycotome villosa | branches for fences for livestock | ||
| Cannabis sativa | fibre, hempseed oil for varnishes and soap, birdseed | ||
| Castanea sativa | furniture and woodcarving | ||
| Casuarina cunninghamiana | wood tough and heavy | ||
| Casuarina equisetifolia | tolerant of sand and dust so used to halt dune formation, windbreak, tough heavy timber, good firewood, pit props, telegraph pol | ||
| Casuarina equisetifolia | tough heavy timber, good firewood, pit props, telegraph poles, floorboards | ||
| Cedrus libani ssp.brevifolia | resistant to insect and fungus attack, so icon screens, clothes protection, pitprops in copper mines, ship construction, shoemak | ||
| Celtis australis | wood for furniture, joinery, charcoal | ||
| Ceratonia siliqua | pods for fodder, making fermented drinks, seeds as jeweller`s weights, resin for cosmetics, paper and textiles, timber for tool | ||
| Chrozophora tinctoria | once cultivated as a source of Tournesol dye | ||
| Cistus creticus | ladanum for perfumery | ||
| Cordia myxa | bird lime tree, fruit to catch birds on lime twigs, illegal | ||
| Crataegus azarolus | timber for carving | ||
| Crithmum maritimum | Fragrant oil for perfumery | ||
| Cupressus sempervirens variations | harder than pine and more flexible for telephone poles, roofing, windbreak | ||
| Elaeagnus angustifolia | flowers used in perfumery | ||
| Eucalyptus camaldulensis | for draining marshes containing malarial mosquitoes; firewood | ||
| Ficus carica | leaves of vine and fig boiled in rainwater to blacken hair | ||
| Ficus elastica | rubber tree, latex exudes from scratched bark | ||
| Ficus sycomorus | timber for coffins | ||
| Fumaria species | dye wool yellow | ||
| Galium species | milk curdling agent | ||
| Genista sphacelata | charcoal | ||
| Gladiolus italicus | corms marinated in wine promote fertility in livestock | ||
| Gleditsia triacanthos | honey and fodder | ||
| Inula graveolens | rich in fragrant oil and inulin, widely used as insect repellant | ||
| Iris germanica | rhizome for perfumery and manufacture of emollient creams | ||
| Juglans regia | brown hair dye and woodstain, timber for furniture | ||
| Juniperus species | hard, fragrant, durable timber | ||
| Laurus nobilis | bay oil used by vets for relief of rheumatic pains, removing parasites, oil as hair lotion preventing loss, soap heals purulent | ||
| Leontice leontopetalum | soap substitute | ||
| Liquidambar styraciflua | bark as incense wood, resin smells of vanilla, perfume against lice and psoriasis | ||
| Maclura pomifera | bark rich in tannins, yellow dye | ||
| Matricaria recutita var. coronata | cosmetics,shampoos, hair lotions | ||
| Medicago polymorpha var. vulgaris | fodder crop | ||
| Medicago sativa | high nutrient crop associated with the spread of the domestic horse | ||
| Melia azedarach | foliage eaten by livestock but leaves used to stupify and catch fish, red coloured timber for cabinet and wind instrument makers | ||
| Morus alba | leaves as food for silkworms, wood used in chair making | ||
| Myoporum laetum | shelter belt | ||
| Myrtus communis | oil used in perfumery from bark, leaves and flowers, fermented drink from berries, carving and high class charcoal | ||
| Nerium oleander | leaves an effective rat poison | ||
| Olive | oil, soap from seeds | ||
| Opuntia ficus-indica | makes sterile slopes productive | ||
| Origanum majorana var. tenuifolium | dead branches bound as light brooms | ||
| Osyris alba | cleaning material for ladies from red berries | ||
| Oxalis pes-caprae | extracts in skin care lotions | ||
| Parkinsonia aculeata | versus erosion, shade and fodder, pods for sheep, foliage for goats | ||
| Phoenix dactylifera | baskets and wickerwork objects constructed from fibrous fronds | ||
| Phytolacca species | source of red dye, espec. Americana, colours ink and foodstuffs | ||
| Phytolacca dioica | fast growing shade tree | ||
| Pinus brutia | Timber for greenhouses, firewood, ploughs, charcoal | ||
| Pinus nigra ssp.pallasiana | resin extraction, construction, firewood | ||
| Pinus pinea | planted as sandbinder to halt dunes | ||
| Pistacia atlantica | galls for tanning, resin for varnish, berries for spice | ||
| Pistacia lentiscus | source of resin to make varnishes, chewing gum and mastic | ||
| Pistacia terebinthus | bean like gall used for tanning, bark, fragrant gum, turpentine, leaves and sawdust used as tobacco substitute, resin as glue | ||
| Pistacia terebinthus | saddle bags made from shoots for grape carrying on donkeys, paint thinner for Italian Renaissance artists, later from Pine trees | ||
| Platanus orientalis | wood for furniture, parquet flooring, shoe lasts, veneers | ||
| Polygonum aviculare | for washing dishes | ||
| Populus nigra var. afghanica | light wood used in joinery | ||
| Populus species | infusion from buds, tender stem tops used for cosmetics and hair care | ||
| Punica granatum | tanning, dyeing, crown as European tradition, calyx in Egyptian art | ||
| Quercus coccifera | fruit as fodder, host to Coccus vermilia which produces red dye | ||
| Reseda lutea | dye leather yellow | ||
| Rhus coriaria | steeping leather | ||
| Robinia pseudoacacia | rot resistant timber for furniture, posts, tools, flowers in perfumery | ||
| Rosmarinus officinalis | to sweeten laundry, repel insects, essential oil as antiseptics | ||
| Salix alba | light wood used in joinery and woodcarving, to make pulp, paper, maqtches | ||
| Salsola kali | ash, rich in sodium and potassium, used for glass making | ||
| Sambucus ebulus | hollow twigs for instruments, source of blue dye in tanning | ||
| Schinus molle | fruit with resin and volatile oil, windbreak | ||
| Sophora japonica | bees, wood for musical instruments | ||
| Sorbus aria ssp.cretica | fruits for birds | ||
| Styrax officinalis | seeds used as rosary beads, resin used as incense, fish poison, fruits for catching eels, ground to powder which froths in water | ||
| Tamarix smyrnensis | sand binder and windbreak on coast | ||
| Tamarix species | windbreaks, salts formed in tissues are fire resistant, roadside fire break, firewood, manufacture of wheels, controls erosion, | ||
| Tetraclinis articulata | timber, resin for paper glazing, incense | ||
| Thymus capitatus | used for perfumes, toothpaste, embalming in Egypt | ||
| Thymus integer | smoke as an effective disinfectant | ||
| Urginea maritima | foul-smelling bulbs repel insects from stored grain | ||
| Vitex agnus-castus | twigs for basket weaving | ||
| Washingtonia filifera | wicker and plaited work momentoes made from leaves and fibres | ||
| Xanthium species | yellow, infusion to dye hair blond | ||
| Ziziphus lotus | twigs draped over citrus trees to catch bats | ||
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