Isotype of Schizocalyx coriaceusHochst. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Dobera glabra(Forssk.) Poir. [family SALVADORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Schizocalyx coriaceus
Dobera coriacea
Schizocalyx coriacea
Salvadora glabra
Tomex glabra
Dobera glabra
Flora
Entry for DOBERA glabra (Forssk.) Poir. [family SALVADORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by Abdi M. Dahir [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Shrub or tree, up to 7.5 m tall, with spreading or rounded crown; bark green to dark grey, fissured into rectangular patches. Leaves olive-green; petiole 3.5–4 mm long; blade elliptic to ovate, obovate or rarely round, 1.5–10 x 7–9 cm, cuneate at the base, obtuse to acute and usually mucronulate at the apex; venation often obscure but sometimes prominent and reticulate. Flowers white or cream, 3.5–5 mm long, in axillary and terminal panicles. Calyx often 2-lipped, c. (2.2–)2.8–3 mm long. Petals (3.5–)4.5–5 mm long. Filaments (1.2–)2–2.5 mm long; anthers 1.6–2 mm long. Ovule solitary. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid to subglobose, (1.8–)1.9–2.6 x 1–1.3 cm. Seed ovoid, flattened, 1.2–2 x 0.75–1.5 cm.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1–3 Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, N Uganda, Kenya, extending to S Arabia and India.
Altitude range
20–1100 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4301; Bally 9537; Hemming 146.
Notes
Garas (Som.). The fruits are edible. The branches are often lopped for fodder. The wood is used for stool and bed frames, water containers, tool handles and Koran teaching boards.
