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    (c) Janco Oosthuizen, all rights reserved

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    (c) William Maliepaard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) ASSEDE Eméline S.P., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) James Kuria NDUNG’U, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) James Kuria NDUNG’U, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Bernard DUPONT, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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fever tree

Vachellia xanthophloea

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Vachellia xanthophloea is a tree in the Fabaceae family and is commonly known in English as the fever tree (local East African names include olerai, kimwea, murera, and mwelele). This species of Vachellia is native to eastern and southern Africa. It can be found in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It has also become a landscape tree in other warm climates, outside of its natural range.

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