Mopane - Wikipedia
Its distinctive butterfly -shaped (bifoliate) leaf and thin seed pod make it easy to identify. In terms of human use it is, together with camel thorn and leadwood, one of the three regionally important firewood trees. The two papilionaceous leaflets are mirror images of one another, and are borne on a common petiole. [4]
Mopane Plant Guide: Uses, Growth, and Botanical Facts
2024年12月26日 · The Mopane plant, or Colophospermum mopane, is a legume-family tree known for its butterfly-shaped leaves and grows predominantly in Sub-Sahara Africa. Thriving in hot, dry climates, it varies in form from a shrub to a tall tree and can reach up to 10 meters with a V-shaped crown.
Mopane Tree - Forestry.com
2024年11月14日 · The Mopane tree (Colophospermum mopane) is an iconic and ecologically significant tree found throughout southern Africa. Known for its distinctive butterfly-shaped leaves, the Mopane tree plays an important role in sustaining both …
Mopane - Fascinating Africa
Mopane can take the form of a shrub or a tall tree with a narrow crown. Whatever the shape it will dominate the area with little else growing around it. They have kidney-shaped pods and distinctive butterfly-shaped leaves which turn from a vibrant green to a golden brown in autumn.
Colophospermum Mopane Leaf Production and Phenology in Southern …
Defoliation of mopane leaves by mopane worms seems to be a more significant disturbance of leaf phenology than browsing by mammalian herbivores. This is due to the high numbers of mopane worms on a tree, against the one or two browsing mammals, which feed on a few leaves and then move to the next tree.
BOTANICAL ENCOUNTERS: Mopane Woodlands - sdhortnews.org
Mopane trees adapt to dry winters by losing their leaves, and to heat by folding them inward and downward to expose only a small surface to the sun. The trees bloom in summer which is December and January in southern Africa. Kidney-shaped seed pods appear in April through June after the blossoms are wind pollinated.
Colophospermum mopane | PlantZAfrica - SANBI
The mopane can be a shrub or a tall tree up to 30 m in the northern part of its range, depending on soil conditions and water availability. It has a tall, narrow crown. The compound leaves are divided in two so that the leaflets resemble butterfly wings or a camel's foot.
Mopane - Whole Earth Education
2021年2月4日 · Mopane has butterfly-shaped leaves (two leaflets grow from a single petiole) which are a bright green when they emerge and turn to a golden brown in autumn before they are dropped. When conditions are hot the two leaves fold together to cut down on transpiration and as a consequence the tree gives very little shade.
2017年11月22日 · The mopane tree is common in many arid areas of southern Africa. It grows in hot, dry, low-lying areas in alkaline soil. They range from shrubs to tall trees, with distinctive butterfly-shaped leaves and kidney-shaped seeds. To adapt to the heat the leaves fold together during the hot afternoon hours and only
Colophospermum mopane - Tree SA
The Fabaceae are recognisable by their fruit and their pinnately compound Leaves. Leaves may also be simple – even bilobed and usually have stipules – some of which may be spinescent. Leaflets are usually entire. Flowers are bisexual and bracteate. Regular flowers usually have 4-5 sepals and the same number of petals.
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