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Tamarix nilotica

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Identification
Isotype of Tamarix nilotica Not on sheet. [family TAMARICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Baum, B.,
Related name
  • Tamarix gallica
  • Tamarix nilotica
  • Tamarix scebelensis
  • Tamarix mascatensis

Flora

Entry for TAMARIX nilotica (Ehrenb.) Bunge [family TAMARICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by Mesfin Tadesse [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TAMARIX nilotica (Ehrenb.) Bunge [family TAMARICACEAE], (1852). Fig. 114 A–G.
TAMARIX scebelensis Chiov. [family TAMARICACEAE], (1929);. type: C2, “Berdile, Scebeli R.”, Stefanini & Puccioni 178 (FT holo.).
Information
Shrub or tree up to 10 m tall. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 1–3 mm long, imbricate and half-clasping. Racemes 5–10 cm long, 5–6 mm in diam. Flowers shortly pedicelled, white to pink. Sepals 5, ovate, c. 1 mm long. Petals 5, c. 3 mm long. Stamens 5. Seeds c. 0.5 mm long, with apical tuft of hairs. 
Range
N1–3; C1, 2
Altitude range
0–1000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally & Melville 15861; Hemming 1570; Gillett & al. 22109.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Djibouti
Kenya
Tanzania
Egypt
Sudan
Israel
Arabia
Notes
Dhurr (Som.).

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