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Colophospermum mopane (Benth.)Leonard

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HIGHER TAXON: Detarieae

GENUS: Colophospermum J.Leonard

Colophospermum mopane (Benth.)Leonard [Preferred name]
    Copaifera mopane Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Butterfly Tree [107]; Mopane [107]; Mupane [3322]; Mupani [3322]; Turpentine Tree [107]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [107]; Botswana (N) [107]; Malawi (N) [107]; Mozambique (N) [107]; Namibia (N) [107]; South Africa (N) [107]; Zambia (N) [107]; Zimbabwe (N) [110]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Kalahari-Highveld regional transition zone; bushland and thicket. [33];
    Karroo-Namib woodland [33];
    Zambezian woodland [33];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [107] ; Distribution Map [131, 162] ; Illustration [107, 162]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

  
USES:
  Forage [107]; Medicine [28]; Wood [107]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

28.

  White, F., 1962
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.

33.

  White, F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa

107.

  Ross, J.H., 1982
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.

110.

  Torre, A.R.da & Hillcoat, D., 1958
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 2.Exell & Mendonca

131.

  Lock, J.M., 1984
    Forage & Browse Plants Arid & semi-arid Africa.IBPGR/Kew

162.

  Leonard, J., 1950
    Publ.INEAC,ser.Sci.,45:1-158. ..Copaliers du Congo Belge.

3322.

  Smith, P.P. et al., 1998
    Taxon 47:751-752 Proposal to conserve the name ...

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