genus Brachystegia

Definitions of genus Brachystegia
  1. noun
    small genus of tropical African timber trees having pale golden heartwood uniformly striped with dark brown or black:
    synonyms: Brachystegia
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    type of:
    rosid dicot genus
    a genus of dicotyledonous plants
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