Brachystegia allenii Burtt Davy & Hutch.

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Charara Safari Aria, Kariba

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Jul 2005.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Lower Zambezi NP; Sep 2007.
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Coppiced tree;
Lake Tanganyika, Mbita Island; Aug 2006.
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Photo: Ian Riddell
National Parks Office, Marongora.

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Synonyms:	Brachystegia giorgii De Wild. Brachystegia pruinosa De Wild. Brachystegia schliebenii Harms
Common names:	Escarpment brachystegia (English)
Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Small to medium-sized deciduous tree up to c. 10 m tall. Bark grey, rough, more or less deeply fissured vertically and cracked horizontally. Leaves compound, 6-15 cm long; rhachis channelled above; leaflets in 3-6 pairs, ovate-elliptical to almost rectangular, 2-7 cm long, middle pairs being largest, hairless, bluish-grey when mature, bright maroon-red when young; midvein central. Leaflets often twisted at angles to the main axis, giving a distinctive louvred effect. Stipules persistent, linear to sickle-shaped. Inflorescences in short axillary and terminal branched heads up to c. 7 × 7 cm. Flowers with small white sepals. Pod oblong to obovate, 9-16 cm long, at right angles to the peduncle, pinkish-brown.
Type location:	Mozambique, Cabo Delgado (Niassa)
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	allenii: for CEF Allen who collected the type specimen in Mozambique in 1911
Habitat:	On stony hill sides in dry deciduous woodland and on sandy clay or stony soils along margins of vleis.
Altitude range: (metres)	500 - 1400 m
Flowering time:	Sep - Nov
Worldwide distribution:	D.R.Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
FZ divisions:	N,T
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Endemic status:
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Images last updated:	Wednesday 7 September 2011
Literature:	Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Pages 106 - 108. (Includes a picture). 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 246. (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. 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. 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 92 - 93. (Includes a picture).

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