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Colophospermum mopane (Benth.)J.Leonard

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GENUS: Colophospermum J.Leonard

Colophospermum mopane (Benth.)J.Leonard [Accepted]
    Copaifera L. mopane Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Butterfly Tree [107]; mopane [107]; Turpentine Tree [107]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [107]; Botswana (N) [107]
    Malawi (N) [107]; Mozambique (N) [107]
    Namibia-ISO (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]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Absent [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Forage [1785,107]; Wood [1785,107,107]; Medicine [1785,107,107,28]

  
NOTES:
  Almost certainly wind-pollinated (Ward in Ross,FSA,ref.107).
  Extensive ecological notes and many refs. in White 1983 (ref.33).


DATA SOURCES:

28.

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

33.

   White,F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa
    The Vegetation of Africa

107.

   Ross,J.H., 1982
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.
    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
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 2.Exell & Mendonca

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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