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BUXUS hildebrandtii Baill. [family BUXACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by I. Friis [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
BUXUS hildebrandtii Baill. [family BUXACEAE], (1874);. type: N2, “Pays des Somali, en face d’Aden, 1500–2000 m., montagnes”, Hildebrandt s.n. (P holo., fragment); “Ahlgebirge, 1500–2000 m.”, Hildebrandt 891 (BM, BR, K, almost certainly isotypes of the fragment at P). Fig. 51. Plate 2 D.
Buxanthus hildebrandtii (Baill.) van Tiegh. [family ], (1897);. type: N2, “Pays des Somali, en face d’Aden, 1500–2000 m., montagnes”, Hildebrandt s.n. (P holo., fragment); “Ahlgebirge, 1500–2000 m.”, Hildebrandt 891 (BM, BR, K, almost certainly isotypes of the fragment at P). Fig. 51. Plate 2 D.
Buxus calophylla Pax [family BUXACEAE], (1907).
Garcinia buxifolia Chiov. [family GUTTIFERAE], (1940).
Information
Shrub or small tree to 6 m tall, sometimes (outside Flora area) forming a sizeable tree to 9 m, with trunks up to 15 cm in diam.; bark grey, with longitudinal fissures. Leaves obovate, oblanceolate or elliptic, dark grey-green, 2–5 x 0.5–2.5 cm, rounded or emarginate at apex, rarely apiculate, cuneate at base, leathery, with indistinct venation. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, subsessile or short-stalked, consisting of cymes of a terminal female flower surrounded by two male ones. Male flowers with 4 stamens, filaments c. 3 mm long, rudimentary ovary present. Capsule ovoid, 1–1.5 x c. 0.7 cm. Seeds ellipsoid, dark brown, shining, 5–7 mm long.
Range
N1–3; C1 (one isolated locality in central Somalia, on a hillside towards the sea near “Obbia”)
Altitude range
(300–)600–2000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Glover & Gilliland 560; McKinnon 241; Gillett & al. 22241.
Distribution (external)
E Ethiopia
Djibouti
Socotra
Notes
Dhosoq (Som.). The wood is fairly hard and is used for making spoons and other small wood utensils, such as bowls and combs; larger pieces of wood are used for roof structures. The plant is not grazed by animals.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by I. Friis [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
BUXUS hildebrandtii Baill. [family BUXACEAE], (1874);. type: N2, “Pays des Somali, en face d’Aden, 1500–2000 m., montagnes”, Hildebrandt s.n. (P holo., fragment); “Ahlgebirge, 1500–2000 m.”, Hildebrandt 891 (BM, BR, K, almost certainly isotypes of the fragment at P). Fig. 51. Plate 2 D.
Buxanthus hildebrandtii (Baill.) van Tiegh. [family ], (1897);. type: N2, “Pays des Somali, en face d’Aden, 1500–2000 m., montagnes”, Hildebrandt s.n. (P holo., fragment); “Ahlgebirge, 1500–2000 m.”, Hildebrandt 891 (BM, BR, K, almost certainly isotypes of the fragment at P). Fig. 51. Plate 2 D.
Buxus calophylla Pax [family BUXACEAE], (1907).
Garcinia buxifolia Chiov. [family GUTTIFERAE], (1940).
Information
Shrub or small tree to 6 m tall, sometimes (outside Flora area) forming a sizeable tree to 9 m, with trunks up to 15 cm in diam.; bark grey, with longitudinal fissures. Leaves obovate, oblanceolate or elliptic, dark grey-green, 2–5 x 0.5–2.5 cm, rounded or emarginate at apex, rarely apiculate, cuneate at base, leathery, with indistinct venation. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, subsessile or short-stalked, consisting of cymes of a terminal female flower surrounded by two male ones. Male flowers with 4 stamens, filaments c. 3 mm long, rudimentary ovary present. Capsule ovoid, 1–1.5 x c. 0.7 cm. Seeds ellipsoid, dark brown, shining, 5–7 mm long.
Range
N1–3; C1 (one isolated locality in central Somalia, on a hillside towards the sea near “Obbia”)
Altitude range
(300–)600–2000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Glover & Gilliland 560; McKinnon 241; Gillett & al. 22241.
Distribution (external)
E Ethiopia
Djibouti
Socotra
Notes
Dhosoq (Som.). The wood is fairly hard and is used for making spoons and other small wood utensils, such as bowls and combs; larger pieces of wood are used for roof structures. The plant is not grazed by animals.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by I. Friis [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
BUXUS hildebrandtii Baill. [family BUXACEAE], (1874);. type: N2, “Pays des Somali, en face d’Aden, 1500–2000 m., montagnes”, Hildebrandt s.n. (P holo., fragment); “Ahlgebirge, 1500–2000 m.”, Hildebrandt 891 (BM, BR, K, almost certainly isotypes of the fragment at P). Fig. 51. Plate 2 D.
Buxanthus hildebrandtii (Baill.) van Tiegh. [family ], (1897);. type: N2, “Pays des Somali, en face d’Aden, 1500–2000 m., montagnes”, Hildebrandt s.n. (P holo., fragment); “Ahlgebirge, 1500–2000 m.”, Hildebrandt 891 (BM, BR, K, almost certainly isotypes of the fragment at P). Fig. 51. Plate 2 D.
Buxus calophylla Pax [family BUXACEAE], (1907).
Garcinia buxifolia Chiov. [family GUTTIFERAE], (1940).
Information
Shrub or small tree to 6 m tall, sometimes (outside Flora area) forming a sizeable tree to 9 m, with trunks up to 15 cm in diam.; bark grey, with longitudinal fissures. Leaves obovate, oblanceolate or elliptic, dark grey-green, 2–5 x 0.5–2.5 cm, rounded or emarginate at apex, rarely apiculate, cuneate at base, leathery, with indistinct venation. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, subsessile or short-stalked, consisting of cymes of a terminal female flower surrounded by two male ones. Male flowers with 4 stamens, filaments c. 3 mm long, rudimentary ovary present. Capsule ovoid, 1–1.5 x c. 0.7 cm. Seeds ellipsoid, dark brown, shining, 5–7 mm long.
Range
N1–3; C1 (one isolated locality in central Somalia, on a hillside towards the sea near “Obbia”)
Altitude range
(300–)600–2000 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Glover & Gilliland 560; McKinnon 241; Gillett & al. 22241.
Distribution (external)
E Ethiopia
Djibouti
Socotra
Notes
Dhosoq (Som.). The wood is fairly hard and is used for making spoons and other small wood utensils, such as bowls and combs; larger pieces of wood are used for roof structures. The plant is not grazed by animals.
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