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Moringa longituba

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Name

Identification
Moringa longituba Engl. [family MORINGACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Moringa longituba Engl. [family MORINGACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
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Flora

Entry for MORINGA longituba Engl. [family MORINGACEAE]
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
MORINGA longituba Engl. [family MORINGACEAE], (1902);
Hyperanthera longituba (Engl.) Chiov. [family MORINGACEAE], (1929). [type as above]
Information
Shrub or subshrub, 0.1–3 m tall, from a tuberous rootstock, pubescent when young, glabrescent. Leaves 2–3-pinnate, pubescent when young, with 2 pairs of pinnae; leaflets 3–5 per pinna, oblong to obovate, 2.5–6 x 1.5–4.5 cm, rounded to emarginate at the apex, cuneate to subcordate at the base, glabrous or puberulous. Flowers red or yellowish, appearing when the plant is leafless; receptacle tubular 1.3–3 cm long. Sepals 0.9–1.2 cm long, pubescent at the apex. Petals 1.2–1.5 cm long. Ovary glabrous. Fruits 13.5–30 x 1.2–1.4(–2.1) cm. Seed-body 1–1.3 cm long, with 2–3 cm long wings.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1–3
Altitude range
30–740 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Hemming 1657; Hansen & Heemstra 6272; Thulin & Warfa 5489.
Distribution (external)
E Ethiopia
Kenya
Notes
Mawe (Som.).

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