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Brachystegia spiciformis, commonly known as zebrawood, or msasa, is a medium-sized African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers. The tree is broad and has a distinctive amber and wine red colour when the young leaves sprout during spring (August–September). It grows in savanna, both open woodland and closed woodland of Southern and Eastern Africa, mostly Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique.The word msasa is commonly used as a proper name in African place names. The word also means 'rough plant' in Swahili.Other common names: mundu, myombo, mtondo (Tanzania), muputu (Zambia). The plant is known in the Venda language as mutsiwa, which means 'the one that is left behind'. An outlying population of Brachystegia has recently been discovered in th

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  • Brachystegia spiciformis, commonly known as zebrawood, or msasa, is a medium-sized African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers. The tree is broad and has a distinctive amber and wine red colour when the young leaves sprout during spring (August–September). It grows in savanna, both open woodland and closed woodland of Southern and Eastern Africa, mostly Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique.The word msasa is commonly used as a proper name in African place names. The word also means 'rough plant' in Swahili.Other common names: mundu, myombo, mtondo (Tanzania), muputu (Zambia). The plant is known in the Venda language as mutsiwa, which means 'the one that is left behind'. An outlying population of Brachystegia has recently been discovered in the Soutpansberg mountains of northern South Africa. This tree is a protected species in South Africa. (en)
  • Brachystegia spiciformis es un árbol africano de tamaño mediano con hojas compuestas y racimos de pequeñas flores verdes fragantes que pertenece a la familia Fabaceae. (es)
  • Brachystegia spiciformis Benth. è una pianta della famiglia delle Fabacee (sottofamiglia Caesalpinioideae), nativa dell'Africa sud-orientale. In lingua swahili è nota come Msasa. (it)
  • Brachystegia spiciformis är en ärtväxtart som beskrevs av George Bentham. Brachystegia spiciformis ingår i släktet Brachystegia och familjen ärtväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
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  • Brachystegia (en)
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  • spiciformis (en)
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  • Brachystegia mpalensis (Micheli) (en)
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  • Brachystegia spiciformis es un árbol africano de tamaño mediano con hojas compuestas y racimos de pequeñas flores verdes fragantes que pertenece a la familia Fabaceae. (es)
  • Brachystegia spiciformis Benth. è una pianta della famiglia delle Fabacee (sottofamiglia Caesalpinioideae), nativa dell'Africa sud-orientale. In lingua swahili è nota come Msasa. (it)
  • Brachystegia spiciformis är en ärtväxtart som beskrevs av George Bentham. Brachystegia spiciformis ingår i släktet Brachystegia och familjen ärtväxter. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life. (sv)
  • Brachystegia spiciformis, commonly known as zebrawood, or msasa, is a medium-sized African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers. The tree is broad and has a distinctive amber and wine red colour when the young leaves sprout during spring (August–September). It grows in savanna, both open woodland and closed woodland of Southern and Eastern Africa, mostly Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique.The word msasa is commonly used as a proper name in African place names. The word also means 'rough plant' in Swahili.Other common names: mundu, myombo, mtondo (Tanzania), muputu (Zambia). The plant is known in the Venda language as mutsiwa, which means 'the one that is left behind'. An outlying population of Brachystegia has recently been discovered in th (en)
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  • Brachystegia spiciformis (es)
  • Brachystegia spiciformis (en)
  • Brachystegia spiciformis (it)
  • Brachystegia spiciformis (sv)
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