Terminalia brachystemma Welw. ex Hiern
subsp. brachystemma

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Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma

Photo: Bart Wursten
Hwange NP, on loop from Main Camp through Dopi Pan

Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma

Photo: Bart Wursten
Hwange NP, on loop from Main Camp through Dopi Pan

Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma

Photo: Bart Wursten
Hwange NP, on loop from Main Camp through Dopi Pan

Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma

Drawing showing characteristics forTerminalia brachystemma
Lusaka 1976: Patricia Bingham

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Synonyms: Terminalia baumii Engl. & Gilg
Common names: Kalahari cluster-leaf (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Shrub or small semi-deciduous tree. Bark pale brownish-grey, more or less distinctly longitudinally fissured, often purple-brown and peeling on small branchlets, revealing pale underbark. Leaves clustered near the ends of branches, subsessile, elliptic to obovate, 9-15 cm long, green above and mostly hairless, bluish-green below, sometimes with appressed hairs on the midrib; margin entire. Flowers small, cream to pale yellow, in axillary spikes, 6-11 cm long. Fruit elliptic-oblong, up to 5 × 3.5 cm, broadly winged, bright red when young, drying to purple-brown.
Type location:
Angola
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Habitat: In open woodland on Kalahari sand, often near around vleis.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:Oct - Feb
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Botswana, Namibia, DRC, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa.
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Literature:

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 688. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 35.

Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Page 495.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 263. As Terminalia brachystemma

Exell, A.W. (1978). Combretaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 174 - 175. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 35.

Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Page 180. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 48.

Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 204.


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Flora of Caprivi: Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma
Flora of the DRC: Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma
Flora of Mozambique: Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma
Flora of Zambia: Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma
Flora of Zimbabwe: Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Terminalia brachystemma
African Plant Database: Terminalia brachystemma
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JSTOR Plant Science: Terminalia brachystemma
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Terminalia brachystemma
Plants of the World Online: Terminalia brachystemma
Tropicos: Terminalia brachystemma
Wikipedia: Terminalia brachystemma


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Terminalia brachystemma subsp. brachystemma.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=142130, retrieved 15 June 2025

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