Brachystegia

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

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Brachystegia is genus of tree of the sub-family Caesalpinioideae that is native to tropical Africa. Trees of the genus are commonly known as Miombo, and are the predominant tree in the Miombo woodlands of central and southern Africa.

[edit] Species

  • Brachystegia allenii
  • Brachystegia angustistipulata
  • Brachystegia bakeriana
  • Brachystegia bequaertii
  • Brachystegia boehmii
  • Brachystegia bussei
  • Brachystegia cynometroides
  • Brachystegia eurycoma
  • Brachystegia floribunda
  • Brachystegia glaberrima
  • Brachystegia glaucescens
  • Brachystegia gossweileri
  • Brachystegia kalongensis
  • Brachystegia kennedyi
  • Brachystegia laurentii
  • Brachystegia leonensis
  • Brachystegia longifolia
  • Brachystegia luishiensis
  • Brachystegia lujae
  • Brachystegia manga
  • Brachystegia microphylla
  • Brachystegia mildbraedii
  • Brachystegia nigerica
  • Brachystegia puberula
  • Brachystegia russelliae
  • Brachystegia spiciformis
  • Brachystegia stipulata
  • Brachystegia subfalcato
  • Brachystegia tamarindoides
  • Brachystegia taxifolia
  • Brachystegia torrei
  • Brachystegia utilis
  • Brachystegia wangermeeana
  • Brachystegia zenkeri