''Cryptosepalum exfoliatum'' is a species of tree native to tropical Africa. It ranges from the Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo to Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, and Angola. It is the dominant tree species in the

Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests The Zambezian evergreen dry forests, also known as the Zambezian ''Cryptosepalum'' dry forest, is a tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, tropical dry broadleaf forest ecoregion of Southern Africa. It consists of several areas of thick f ...

ecoregion An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecological and geographic area that exists on multiple different levels, defined by type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and c ...

Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...

and

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

, where it is known locally as "mavunda"."Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests." World Wildlife Fund ecoregion profile. Accessed 8 November 2012

/ref> ''Cryptosepalum exfoliatum'' forests form habitat for the butterfly '' Mylothris mavunda''.

Subspecies

Four subspecies are accepted. *''Cryptosepalum exfoliatum'' subsp. ''craspedoneura'' – Zambia *''Cryptosepalum exfoliatum'' subsp. ''exfoliatum'' – Tanzania and Zambia *''Cryptosepalum exfoliatum'' subsp. ''pseudotaxus'' – Congo and DR Congo to Malawi, Zambia, and Angola *''Cryptosepalum exfoliatum'' subsp. ''suffruticans'' – Angola and Zambia

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Flowers and foliage - Flora of Zambia
exfoliatum Flora of Angola Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Flora of the Republic of the Congo Flora of Malawi Flora of Tanzania Flora of Zambia Plants described in 1902 Taxa named by Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman {{Detarioideae-stub