This report summarises the method and results of a species evaluation trial of 19 native and 1 exotic dry zone species, conducted over three years on a single site in the Valle de Comayagua, Honduras. Assessments were made at 10, 23 and 36 months after establishment. Prior to the 36 month assessment, species were labelled according to end-use class: either 'multipurpose' (MPT) and/or 'timber'. Standard forestry mensuration techniques as well as specialised MPT assessment techniques were employed in the final assessment. Three MPT species, Leucaena leucocephala, Moringa oleifera and Gliricidia sepium, emerge as promising, both in terms of the standard measure of height and the alternative MPT measure of length. However a different pattern emerges when MPT species are ranked by cross-sectional area: Guazuma ulmifolia, Senna atomaria and Enterolobium cyclocarpum emerge as the best performers. Albizia saman [Samanea saman] ranks top in the timber species in terms of both height and diameter at breast height.