Acacia galpinii Burtt Davy

Det.
FLORA OF NORTHERN RHODESIA
Name
Loc. Hear Makalaka village, in Kmgon&a dambo (a tributary of
the Zhimu) about 5 miles north of Nasttswa, Masuku-
Siasikabole area, Singani Chieftaincy; on edge of plateau*
$*?« Chôma
District. Veg. Type £ (dambo)
Habit etc. yety large tree, 56*, 80** g.b«h#o.b#, multi-stemmed
occasionally# Bark It# battleship grey, fairly rou^h on hole,
smoother on branches, with marked iongt. fissures, 2 eras, wide
(up to 10 cms* on^bole»), up to 50 oms# long# Has a vety wide
spreading crown, now virtually leafless, whole crown covered in
Habitat conspicuous bright red buds, a few yellow firs# out* These
trees were a mass of yellow fir# in mid Sept# A few old fr*
knocked from crowns of the Zhimu trees# Slash* OB dark brown
up to oms*, IB bright redbrown, paler, 1 cm«, bast pale pink#
Growing along dry stream course in dambo, also along dambo
edge# In fairly dense grove along the water course, crowns inter-
fifaS£pM 181(1	eta
Forest Dept.!	*	Alt.	4,100*
Date 16#S#61
Ndola.
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A most tmusuaJ. tree
in S# Choma dist#
There are some very
large trees along
the Magoye river nan
the road bridge on
Gt# North road-
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