''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily
Detarioideae
The subfamily Detarioideae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae (legumes). This subfamily includes many tropical trees, some of which are used for timber or have ecological importance. The subfamily consists of 84 genera, mos ...
that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the
miombo woodland
The Miombo woodland is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome (in the World Wide Fund for Nature scheme) located primarily in Central Africa. It includes four woodland savanna ecoregions (listed below) characterized b ...
s of central and southern
tropical Africa
Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the tropi ...
. The
Zambezian region
The Zambezian region is a large biogeographical region in Africa. The Zambezian region includes woodlands, savannas, grasslands, and thickets, extending from east to west in a broad belt across the continent. The Zambezian region lies south of the ...
is the centre of diversity for the genus.
[Emmanuel N. Chidumayo and Davison J. Gumbo, eds. (2010). ''The dry forests and woodlands of Africa: managing for products and services''. Earthscan, 2010.]
Description
Hybridisation between the species occurs and taxa show considerable variation in leaflet size, shape and number, making identification difficult.
New leaves show a great range of red colours when immature, later turning to various shades of green.
Species
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Brachystegia allenii''
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Brachystegia angustistipulata''
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Brachystegia bakeriana''
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Brachystegia bequaertii''
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Brachystegia boehmii
''Brachystegia boehmii'', named after the 19th-century German naturalist and collector Richard Böhm, is a flat-topped tree with spreading crown, native to eastern and southern Africa. It forms an important component of miombo woodland, and occu ...
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Brachystegia bussei''
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Brachystegia cynometroides''
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Brachystegia eurycoma
''Brachystegia eurycoma'', a plant in the family Fabaceae, is a sizable species of tree found in southern Nigeria and western Cameroon. It has a spreading, flattened crown.
Description
A fairly large tree, ''B. eurycoma'' reaches a height of ...
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Brachystegia floribunda''
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Brachystegia glaberrima
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezi ...
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Brachystegia glaucescens
''Brachystegia tamarindoides'', known as mu'unze and also as the mountain acacia, is a medium-sized tree with smooth grey bark, bluish-green leaves and small creamy-white flowers that produce copious amounts of pollen and nectar. It is almost al ...
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Brachystegia gossweileri''
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Brachystegia kalongensis
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezian ...
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Brachystegia kennedyi''
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Brachystegia laurentii''
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Brachystegia leonensis
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezi ...
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Brachystegia longifolia
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezi ...
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Brachystegia luishiensis
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezi ...
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Brachystegia lujae
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezi ...
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Brachystegia manga
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezi ...
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Brachystegia microphylla
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezi ...
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Brachystegia mildbraedii
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezi ...
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Brachystegia nigerica
''Brachystegia nigerica'' is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a na ...
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Brachystegia puberula
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezian ...
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Brachystegia russelliae
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezian ...
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Brachystegia spiciformis
''Brachystegia spiciformis'', commonly known as zebrawood, or msasa, is a medium-sized African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers. The tree is broad and has a distinctive amber and wine red colour when the y ...
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Brachystegia stipulata
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezi ...
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Brachystegia subfalcato
''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
Trees of the genus are commonly known as miombo, and are dominant in the miombo woodlands of central and southern tropical Africa. The Zambezia ...
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Brachystegia tamarindoides
''Brachystegia tamarindoides'', known as mu'unze and also as the mountain acacia, is a medium-sized tree with smooth grey bark, bluish-green leaves and small creamy-white flowers that produce copious amounts of pollen and nectar. It is almost al ...
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Brachystegia taxifolia''
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Brachystegia torrei''
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Brachystegia utilis''
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Brachystegia wangermeeana''
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Brachystegia zenkeri''
See also
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References
External links
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Trees of Africa
Flora of South Tropical Africa
Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
Miombo
Fabaceae genera
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