Combretum porphyrolepisEngl. & Diels [family COMBRETACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Combretum hereroenseSchinz [family COMBRETACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Combretum greenwayi
Combretum usaramense
Combretum villosissimum
Combretum porphyrolepis
Combretum dependens
Combretum bruchhausenianum
Combretum unrecorded
Combretum cufodontii
Combretum transvaalense
Combretum sambesiacum
Combretum hereroense
Combretum rautanenii
Combretum volkensii
Flora
Entry for COMBRETUM hereroense Schinz [family COMBRETACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Shrub or small tree, much branched; young braches glabrous to densely pubescent and with reddish scales. Leaves opposite or subopposite; blade elliptic to obovate or subcircular, up to 4(–5) x 3.5(–4) cm, subacute to slightly emarginate at the apex, glabrous to tomentose and with silvery or golden scales; petiole 1–5 mm long. Flowers 4-merous, in axillary spikes up to 3 cm long usually on divaricate short shoots. Lower receptacle 1–2 mm long, upper 2–3 mm long, campanulate, glabrous to densely pubescent and with scales. Petals 1.5–2.5 mm long, yellow or cream, spatulate to broadly obovate, glabrous; filaments 2–4.5 mm long. Fruit 4-winged, 1.5–2.8 cm long, ovate to subcircular in outline, glabrous to pubescent, and covered with scales; wings papery, 4–7 mm wide.
Notes
Edi gudud, edi shabell, gor-gor, qoqoon, sorog (Som.).
