Deciduous tree, up to 30 m tall, usually buttressed, with light grey, smooth bark; young twigs pubescent. Leaf-blade ovate, 4–8 x 2.5–4.5 cm, acuminate at the apex, slightly unequal-sided at the base, with entire margins except on seedlings and suckers, scabrid, subglabrous with hairs usually present on the veins beneath and in tufts in the angles of the lateral veins, basal veins extending into the upper part of the blade; petiole up to 6 mm long; stipules linear, up to 5 mm long. Cymes axillary, up to c. 3 cm long, with many male flowers, the upper cymes with terminal female and bisexual flowers. Sepals 5, up to c. 3 mm long. Ovary pubescent, with 2–3-branched styles up to 5 mm long. Drupe subglobose, up to 10 mm long, yellow-orange, puberulous.
Range
S3 Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan and westwards to Senegal
Altitude range
c. 40 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Maunder 130.
Distribution (external)
Yemen
Notes
Gabal (Som.). A species valued for its fine timber. The only Somali collection seen comes from Bareka Madow at the Jubba R. south of Buaale.
