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Zygophyllum hildebrandtii

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Name

Identification
Zygophyllum hildebrandtii Engl. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE ] (stored under name); Zygophyllum unrecorded unrecorded [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE ]
Related name
  • Zygophyllum unrecorded
  • Zygophyllum hildebrandtii

Flora

Entry for MELOCARPUM hildebrandtii (Engl.) Beier & Thulin [family ]
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
MELOCARPUM hildebrandtii (Engl.) Beier & Thulin [family ], (2003);. type: N2, near “Meid”, Hildebrandt 1378 (B holo. destr., FT K iso.). Fig. 96 C.
Zygophyllum hildebrandtii Engl. [family ZYGOPHYLLACEAE], (1897);. type: N2, near “Meid”, Hildebrandt 1378 (B holo. destr., FT K iso.). Fig. 96 C.
Information
Shrub or subshrub up to 1.5 m tall, glabrous. Leaves simple, oblanceolate to obovate, up to 14 x 8 mm; petiole up to c. 1 mm long; stipules minute. Flowers solitary; pedicels 3–12 mm long. Sepals ovate, 4–5 mm long. Petals pink with obovate blade, 10–14 mm long. Filaments without scales. Ovary glabrous; style c. 4 mm long. Capsule up to 10 x 10 mm, 5-angled.
Range
N1–3
Altitude range
180–950 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4809; Hansen & Heemstra 6200; Thulin 4186.
Distribution (external)
E Ethiopia
Notes
Aftoxole, baskala (Som.).

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