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Osyris pendula

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Isotype of Osyris pendula Balf. f. [family SANTALACEAE]

Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steud. [family SANTALACEAE]

Isotype of Osyris pendula Balf.f. [family SANTALACEAE]

Isotype of Osyris pendula Balf. f. [family SANTALACEAE]

Type of Osyris parvifolia Baker [family SANTALACEAE]

Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steud. [family SANTALACEAE]

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Identification

Isotype of Osyris pendula Balf.f. [family SANTALACEAE ] Verified by Stauffer, H.U., 1960 Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steud. [family SANTALACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,

Flora

Entry for OSYRIS lanceolata Hochst. & Steud. [family SANTALACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Reference Sources

Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

OSYRIS lanceolata Hochst. & Steud. [family SANTALACEAE], (1832). Fig. 94.

OSYRIS quadripartita Decne. [family SANTALACEAE], (1836).

OSYRIS abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family SANTALACEAE], (1850).

OSYRIS wightiana Wall. ex Wight [family SANTALACEAE], (1852).

OSYRIS pendula Balf. f. [family SANTALACEAE], (1883).

Shrub or small tree to c. 7 m tall, glabrous, sometimes with pendent branches. Leaves subsessile, rigid, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 1–7 x 0.5–4 cm, acute or mucronate at the apex, with slightly thickened margins. Flowers yellowish-green; perianth-lobes triangular-ovate, 1–1.5 mm long; male flowers in 5–13-flowered cymes; female flowers in 1–3-flowered cymes. Drupes 5–10 mm in diam., becoming bright red.

N1–3 throughout Africa, southern Asia, and in the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula.

Distribution (external)

Asaso, casaso (Som.). The nomenclature of this species is confused, but it is accepted here that O. lanceolata was validly published on herbarium labels in 1832. The bark is used for tanning leather.