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Nyala tree

Xanthocercis zambesiaca (Baker) Dumaz-le-Grand

Family
Fabaceae
Genus
Xanthocercis

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Nyala tree: Fruit and foliage of a Nyala tree beside the H1-7 Road West of Shingwedzi, Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)
Afrikaans
Hoenderspoor, Njalaboom
English
Nyala tree
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Umhlwati
Tswana
Moladi
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Mutshato

Synonyms

  • Pseudocadia zambesiaca (Baker) Harms
  • Sophora zambesiaca Baker

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.