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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,
Related name
  • Osyris wightiana
  • Osyris arborea
  • Osyris abyssinica
  • Fusanus alternifolius
  • Osyris lanceolata
  • Unrecorded unrecorded
  • Osyris tenuifolia
  • Osyris parvifolia
  • Osyris pendula

Flora

Entry for OSYRIS lanceolata Hochst. & Steud. [family SANTALACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
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).
Information
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.
Range
N1–3 throughout Africa, southern Asia, and in the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula.
Altitude range
1340–2300 m.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Socotra
Notes
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.

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