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Synonyms: | |
Common names: | Kakwete (Bemba) Msansale (Nyanja) Mwamba (Lenje) |
Frequency: | locally frequent |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Tree up to 10 m tall, deciduous. Bark longitudinally fissured. Young parts finely brown hairy.. Leaves with 6-10 pairs of opposite leaflets and a terminal leaflet. Flowers appearing before the leaves, white or in various shades of pink. Calyx with 2 broad upper lobes joined ± to their tips and 3 smaller triangular lower lobes. Corolla: wings free; upper stamen free; anthers dorsifixed. Pod 1-seeded, indehiscent, the valves papery, densely fringed with plumose hairs. |
Type location: |
Malawi |
Notes: | Species flowering time Zambia Jul-Sep. |
Derivation of specific name: | nyasae: from Nyasaland (Malawi). |
Habitat: | Miombo woodland, commonly on escarpment slopes. |
Altitude range: | 600 - 1400 m |
Flowering time: | Aug - Oct |
Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C,E,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,Lp,E,C,Lk,S |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Tuesday 28 October 2014 |
Literature: |
Brummitt, R.K., Harder, D.K., Lewis, G.P., Lock, J.M., Polhill, R.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2007). Leguminosae Subfamily Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(3) Pages 81 - 83. (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 157. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 300. As Dalbergiella nyassae (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. As Dalbergiella nyassae Drummond, R.B. (1972). A list of Rhodesian Legumes. Kirkia 8(2) Page 219. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 246. 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 47. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 97. |
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