Brachystegia glaucescens

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iBrachystegia glaucescens

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Tribe: Detarieae
Genus: Brachystegia

Brachystegia glaucescens is a tree with smooth grey bark, bluish-green leaves, small, creamy-white flowers, and purplish fruit with a woody pod. It grows predominantly in rocky places, in tropical and south eastern Africa. It is often misnamed the Mountain Acacia.

Other common names: Muuhze (Zimbabwe)

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