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Synonyms: |
Brachystegia woodiana Harms |
Common names: | Itshabela (Ndebele) Mfuti (Shona) Mufuti (English) Mupfuti (Shona) Prince of Wales' feathers (English) |
Frequency: | Common |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Tree 5-15 m. Leaves with 14-28 pairs of leaflets, the middle or lower pairs the largest. Leaflets narrowly oblong to narrowly triangular, 3-6 × 1-1.5 cm., held at an angle to the plane of the leaf like louvres. Panicles terminal or axillary, up to 10 × 8 cm, much branched. Pod woody, up to 16 × 5 cm. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | boehmii: after Richard Böhm (1854-1884), a German plant collector in Tanzania in 1882. |
Habitat: | A constituent of drier miombo woodland, particularly on poorly drained soil and rocky terrain. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 500 - 1550 m |
Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern Botswana. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | Teniorhinus harona (Larval foodplant) Mesogenea varians (Larval foodplant) Olapa fulviceps (Larval foodplant) Salma melapastalis (Larval foodplant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Monday 14 August 2006 |
Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Pages 86 - 96. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 119. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 245. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 10. Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 77 - 80. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 212. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 242. Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 62 - 63. (Includes a picture). Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1967). The influence of copper content of the soil on trees and shrubs of Molly South Hill, Mangula Kirkia 6(1) Pages 63 - 84. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 43. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 62. Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 94 - 95. (Includes a picture). Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 20. as Brachystegia woodiana Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 90. |
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