Brachystegia community in the Kitulanghalo Training Forest

Dry semi evergreen forest covers 30% mainly on the summit and eastern slopes. Dominated with trees of 15-20m tall; Manilkara sulcata, Bequaertiodendron natalense, Croton sylvaticus, Cussonia zimmermannii, Ricinodendron heudelotti and Terminalia sambeziaca. In the lower and shrub layer there is undescribed Coffea spp, Commiphora pteleifolia, Gandindiera boivinii and Excoecaria madagascariensis.