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Cryptosepalum exfoliatum

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
Congo to Tanzania and S. Trop. Africa
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cryptosepalum exfoliatum is a species of tree native to tropical Africa. It ranges from the Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo to Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, and Angola. It is the dominant tree species in the Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests ecoregion of Zambia and Angola, where it is known locally as "mavunda". Cryptosepalum exfoliatum forests form habitat for the butterfly Mylothris mavunda.

Other Cryptosepalum plants

Cryptosepalum ambamense · Cryptosepalum diphyllum · Cryptosepalum minutifolium · Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum · Cryptosepalum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cryptosepalum exfoliatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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