1Université de Ouagadougou, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Vie et

de la Terre, 03 BP 7021 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso 2Swedish University of Agricultural

Sciences, Faculty of Forest Sciences, Department of Southern Swedish Forest Research

Centre, PO Box 44 SE-230 53 Alnarp, Sweden … Abstract: The present study sought at estimating

seed germination capacity and seedling establishment of five Combretaceae species. Five replicates

of 20 seeds of Anogeissus leiocarpa, Combretum aculeatum, C. micranthum, C. nigricans and

Pteleopsis suberosa were submitted to germination test according to seed provenance and along

latitudinal gradient. Seedling plantation test concerned 25 seedlings per species and per

site. Seed provenances affect only the germination capacity of C. aculeatum (P = 0.008). Latitudinal

gradient influenced the germination parameters of all the species except P. suberosa (P …