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Brachystegia bussei
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Photo: Mike Bingham
North Luangwa National Park, rhino sanctuary
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kasanka National Park, Wasa Lodge
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kasanka National Park, Wasa Lodge
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Tree to 20 m tall, bark smooth flaking in large thin scales. Young branchlets puberulous or glabrous. Leaflets in 2−4 widely spaced pairs, 2−3 times longer than broad, increasing in size distally, green, not glaucous (compare B. manga). |
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| Flowering time: | Oct - Nov |
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| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T |
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Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2) Pages 86 - 110. (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 242. (Includes a picture). 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 96 - 97. (Includes a picture). |
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