Brachystegia
Sign in to saveBrachystegia is a genus of tree of the subfamily Detarioideae that is native to tropical Africa.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Native toAngola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi
General: encountered with delimiting species in Brachystegia (Hoyle in Brenan
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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 region is the centre of diversity for the genus.