Brachystegia allenii
Hutch. & Burtt Davy
Fabaceae
Brachystegia giorgii De Wild.
Brachystegia pruinosa De Wild.
Brachystegia schliebenii Harms
Common Name:
General Information
Brachystegia allenii is a deciduous tree with a rounded crown; it usually grows 3 - 15 metres tall, occasionally to 20 metres. The bole can be 50cm in diameter[
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
- Publisher
- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
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- Description
- Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its bark.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
610- Title
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Publication
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- Author
- Beentje H.J.
- Website
- http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN
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- Description
- Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa.
Range
Tropical Africa - southern DR Congo, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
Habitat
Deciduous woodland; dry wooded savannah; locally dominant on well drained sites (more rarely on poorly drained sandy soils); typical of hot, dry rocky escarpments around lakes; also on sandy slopes; usually in pure stands; elevations to 1,000 metres[
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
- Publisher
- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
].
Properties
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Deciduous Tree |
| Height | 12.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Where their ranges overlap in the wild, this species commonly hybridizes with Brachystegia boehmii[
610- Title
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Publication
-
- Author
- Beentje H.J.
- Website
- http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa.
].
Although many species within the family Fabaceae have a symbiotic relationship with soil bacteria, this species is said to be devoid of such a relationship and therefore does not fix atmospheric nitrogen[
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- Nodulation Plants in GRIN Taxonomy
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- Author
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- Website
- http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxnodul.pl?language=en
- Publisher
- United States Department of Agriculture
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
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- Description
- An online database listing plants that have either positive or negative reports on root and stem nodulation with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
].
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
The bark is used to make river craft[
883- Title
- Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew
- Year
- 1923
- ISBN
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- Description
- A botanical journal, it contains a rather dated but still useful treatment of the genus Brachystegia with quite a lot of information on plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
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Propagation
Seed -
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Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
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