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Cleome arabica

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Name

Identification
Cleome amblyocarpa Barr. et Murb. [family CAPPARIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by D. Hillcoat, 1973 Siliquaria glandulosa Forssk. [family CAPPARIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Cleome arabica L. [family CAPPARIDACEAE ] Verified by P. Ascherson, 1881
Related name
  • Cleome daryoushiana
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  • Siliquaria glandulosa
  • Cleome not on sheet
  • Cleome amblyocarpa
  • Cleome arabica
Common name
  • mraïnzè = the stinker (AN) (MAURITANIA, ARABIC (Hassaniya)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • mkhenza (RM) (MALI, TAMACHEK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for CLEOME ramosissima Webb ex Parl. [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by S. Fici (Boscia, Cadaba, Capparis), M. Thulin & L. E. Kers (Cleome, Maerua), and M. Thulin (Dipterygium, Puccionia, Thilachium) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CLEOME ramosissima Webb ex Parl. [family CAPPARACEAE], (1854).
CLEOME schweinfurthii Gilg [family CAPPARACEAE], (1895).
CLEOME arabica Franch. var. stenocarpa [family CAPPARACEAE], (1882);. type: N2, “Daga Safré in Ouarsangueli”, Révoil 4 (P holo.).
Information
Annual or perennial herb, up to 1.5 m tall, sticky and aromatic; stem glandular-puberulous. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets elliptic or oblanceolate, the median up to 5 x 1.8 cm, the lateral somewhat shorter, glandular-puberulous on both surfaces; petiole up to 3 cm long. Bracts present, small. Sepals 2–3 mm long, glandular. Petals yellowish with purple veins, 6–11 mm long, shortly clawed, subequal. Stamens 6(–7). Capsules (40–)60–80 x 3–3.5 mm, spreading or often drooping at maturity; gynophore (1.5–)2–6 mm long. Seeds 1.5–1.75 mm in diam., dark brown, pilose.
Range
N1–3
Altitude range
900–1800 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin 4354; Bally & Melville 15768; Glover & Gilliland 1069.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
Arabia
Notes
This species has usually been called C. schweinfurthii, and C. ramosissima has for a long time been regarded as a synonym of C. brachycarpa. However, original material of C. ramosissima (from Sudan) present in Florence and recently studied by L. E. Kers turned out to be conspecific with C. schweinfurthii.

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