Miombo
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Miombo is the Swahili word for Brachystegia, a genus of tree comprising a large number of species. Miombo woodland is characterized by the predominant presence of these species growing in semi-arid tropical savanna or rocky areas. Characteristically the trees shed their leaves for a short period such that normal N hemisphere autumnal rich gold and red colours, which mask the underlying chlorophyll, predominate when the rainy-season begins. A book "The Miombo Transition: Woodlands & Welfare in Africa", CIFOR (1996), ISBN 9798764072, edited by Bruce M Campbell is a standard reference on the description & uses to which animals and man put on these savanna woodlands.
Miombo is a Bantu word and hence also used in several of the languages in the region, such as Shona and Bemba.
[edit] Miombo woodland ecoregions
- Angolan Miombo woodlands (Angola)
- Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands (Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia)
- Eastern Miombo woodlands (Mozambique, Tanzania)
- Southern Miombo woodlands (Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
