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'Miombo' is the Swahili word for ''Brachystegia'', a genus of tree comprising a large number of species. 'Miombo woodland' is characterized by the predominant presence of these species growing in semi-arid tropical savanna or rocky areas.
Characteristically the trees shed their leaves for a short period such that normal northern hemisphere autumnal rich gold and red colours, which mask the underlying chlorophyll, predominate when the rainy-season begins. A book "The Miombo Transition: Woodlands & Welfare in Africa", CIFOR (1996), ISBN 9798764072, edited by Bruce M Campbell is a standard reference on the description & uses to which animals and man put these savanna woodlands.
Miombo is a Bantu word and hence also used in several of the languages in the region, such as Shona and Bemba.
Miombo woodlands form a broad belt across south-central Africa, running from Angola in the west to Tanzania to the east. These woodlands are dominated by trees of subfamily Caesalpinioideae, particularly Miombo ''(Brachystegia)'', ''Julbernardia'' and ''Isoberlinia'', which are rarely found outside Miombo woodlands.
★ Angolan Miombo woodlands (Angola)
★ Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands (Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia)
★ Eastern Miombo woodlands (Mozambique, Tanzania)
★ Southern Miombo woodlands (Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
★ http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/forests-grasslands-drylands/map-234.html
★ Eastern Miombo woodlands (World Wildlife Fund)
'Miombo' is the Swahili word for ''Brachystegia'', a genus of tree comprising a large number of species. 'Miombo woodland' is characterized by the predominant presence of these species growing in semi-arid tropical savanna or rocky areas.
Characteristically the trees shed their leaves for a short period such that normal northern hemisphere autumnal rich gold and red colours, which mask the underlying chlorophyll, predominate when the rainy-season begins. A book "The Miombo Transition: Woodlands & Welfare in Africa", CIFOR (1996), ISBN 9798764072, edited by Bruce M Campbell is a standard reference on the description & uses to which animals and man put these savanna woodlands.
Miombo is a Bantu word and hence also used in several of the languages in the region, such as Shona and Bemba.
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| Miombo woodland ecoregions |
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Miombo woodland ecoregions
Miombo woodlands form a broad belt across south-central Africa, running from Angola in the west to Tanzania to the east. These woodlands are dominated by trees of subfamily Caesalpinioideae, particularly Miombo ''(Brachystegia)'', ''Julbernardia'' and ''Isoberlinia'', which are rarely found outside Miombo woodlands.
★ Angolan Miombo woodlands (Angola)
★ Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands (Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia)
★ Eastern Miombo woodlands (Mozambique, Tanzania)
★ Southern Miombo woodlands (Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
Gallery
References and external links
★ http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/forests-grasslands-drylands/map-234.html
★ Eastern Miombo woodlands (World Wildlife Fund)
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