The Tanzania Forestry Research Institute Herbarium (TFRI) is a specialized national research collection dedicated to documenting Tanzania’s forest and woodland flora. Based at TAFORI headquarters in Morogoro, the herbarium underpins applied and scientific research focused on sustainable forest management, biodiversity conservation, restoration, and climate resilience.
The collection emphasizes forest trees, shrubs, lianas, and associated understorey species from Tanzania’s major vegetation types, including miombo woodlands, coastal forests, montane and sub-montane forests, riverine systems, and plantation forestry landscapes. Specimens serve as authoritative vouchers for forestry research, silviculture trials, ecological studies, and environmental impact assessments, and they are widely used to support species identification, provenance studies, and restoration planning.
The TFRI Herbarium plays a critical role in national forestry policy and practice, informing conservation of threatened timber species, invasive species management, and reforestation programs. It also supports training and capacity building for foresters, technicians, and students, and collaborates with universities, national herbaria, and international partners to strengthen data sharing and botanical knowledge across Tanzania.
Tanzania Forestry Research Institute Herbarium. Occurrence dataset (ID: recordID) accessed via the East Africa Herbaria Portal Portal, eastafricaherbaria.net, 2026-03-25).
