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Conocarpus lancifolius

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Identification
Conocarpus lancifolius Engl. & Diels [family COMBRETACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Conocarpus lancifolius Engl. & Diels [family COMBRETACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
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Entry for CONOCARPUS lancifolius Engl. & Diels [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]
Names
CONOCARPUS lancifolius Engl. & Diels [family COMBRETACEAE], (1900);. types: N2, Mt Ahl, Hildebrandt 892 (B syn. destr. & without precise locality, Robecchi-Bricchetti 516 (B syn. destr.). Fig. 139.
Information
Tree to 10 m tall; bark fissured; branches glabrous to sparsely appressed pilose when young. Leaves lanceolate, up to 11 x 2 cm, acute at the apex, attenuate at the base, glabrous or practically so. Flowers white or cream, in globose or slightly elongated heads 5–6 mm in diam. on sericeous peduncles; bracts triangular-acuminate, pubescent; receptacle and sepals pubescent. Fruit c. 2.5 x 2.5 mm, pubescent, without apical beak.
Range
N2, 3; cultivated also in at least N1 and S2 also cultivated, e.g., in Eritrea, Arabia and Kenya.
Altitude range
10–570 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally 10324; Hemming 1580; Thulin & Warfa 5526.
Distribution (external)
Yemen
Notes
Damas, hodeti (Som.). The wood of the damas tree provides excellent timber and charcoal, and the gum is used for chest and bowel complaints. It is one of the most common street trees in Mogadishu.

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