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Maerua somalensis

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Name

Identification
Maerua somalensis Pax [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Rabe, K.,
Related name
  • Maerua oblongifolia
  • Maerua somalensis

Flora

Entry for MAERUA somalensis Pax [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
MAERUA somalensis Pax [family CAPPARACEAE], (1892);. type: N2, near “Meid”, Hildebrandt 1361 (B holo., BM K iso.).
Information
Shrub, c. 2 m tall, glabrous. Leaves simple; blade ovate-orbicular, c. 15–25 x 14–20 mm, obtuse and mucronulate at the apex, thick and leathery, glaucous, without prominent nerves; petiole 5–6 mm long. Flowers in short corymbose racemes; pedicels 6–12 mm long. Receptacle cylindrical, widening upwards, c. 4 mm long. Sepals c. 10 mm long. Petals small or absent. Stamens many; androgynophore about as long as receptacle. Ovary ovoid, c. 3 mm long; gynophore 12–15 mm long. Fruit subglobose, c. 14 x 10 mm.
Range
N2 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
c. 270 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Beckett 823.

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