Cryptosepalum exfoliatum

Cryptosepalum exfoliatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Cryptosepalum
Species:	C. exfoliatum
Binomial name
	Cryptosepalum exfoliatum; De Wild. 1902

Cryptosepalum exfoliatum is a species of tree native to tropical Africa.^[1] It is the dominant tree species in the Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests ecoregion of Zambia and Angola, where it is known locally as "mavunda".^[2] Cryptosepalum exfoliatum forests form habitat for the butterfly Mylothris mavunda.

Subspecies edit

subsp. craspedoneura
subsp. craspedoneuron
subsp. exfoliatum
var. exfoliatum
var. fruticosum
subsp. pseudotaxus
subsp. puberulum
var. pubescens
subsp. suffruticans

References edit

^ "Cryptosepalum exfoliatum". 'Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 08 Nov 2012 [1]
^ "Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests." World Wildlife Fund ecoregion profile. Accessed 8 November 2012. [2]

External links edit

Flowers and foliage - Flora of Zambia

This Detarioideae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Cryptosepalum exfoliatum". 'Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 08 Nov 2012 [1]

[2] "Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests." World Wildlife Fund ecoregion profile. Accessed 8 November 2012. [2]

[1]

[2]