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HAPLOPHYLLUM tuberculatum (Forssk.) A. Juss. [family RUTACEAE]

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 M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
HAPLOPHYLLUM tuberculatum (Forssk.) A. Juss. [family RUTACEAE], (1825); Ruta tuberculata Forssk. [family RUTACEAE], (1775). [type as above]
Information
Perennial herb, sometimes somewhat woody at the base, up to c. 60 cm tall, glabrous to pubescent. Leaves obovate to lanceolate or linear, 5–10(–40) x 3–6(–10) mm, obtuse at the apex, cuneate or attenuate at the base, margin entire to crenate. Sepals ovate-triangular to oblong, 0.8–1.3 x 0.8–1 mm, glabrous to ciliate or pubescent, falling off in fruit. Petals yellow, 3–5.5 x 1.5–2.2 mm. Ovary 5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Capsules 1.5–2 mm long and 2.5–4.5 mm wide. Seeds c. 1.5 mm long, black to grey, with densely arranged transverse interrupted ridges.
Range
N3 North Africa, Arabian Peninsula and eastwards to Pakistan.
Altitude range
near sea level
Distribution
SOMALIA Beckett 779; Hemming 1781; Thulin & Warfa 5799.
Notes
Addah, dufnod, gor-morndei (Som.). The Somali populations have small more or less obovate leaves up to about 15 x 8 mm.

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 M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
HAPLOPHYLLUM tuberculatum (Forssk.) A. Juss. [family RUTACEAE], (1825); Ruta tuberculata Forssk. [family RUTACEAE], (1775). [type as above]
Information
Perennial herb, sometimes somewhat woody at the base, up to c. 60 cm tall, glabrous to pubescent. Leaves obovate to lanceolate or linear, 5–10(–40) x 3–6(–10) mm, obtuse at the apex, cuneate or attenuate at the base, margin entire to crenate. Sepals ovate-triangular to oblong, 0.8–1.3 x 0.8–1 mm, glabrous to ciliate or pubescent, falling off in fruit. Petals yellow, 3–5.5 x 1.5–2.2 mm. Ovary 5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Capsules 1.5–2 mm long and 2.5–4.5 mm wide. Seeds c. 1.5 mm long, black to grey, with densely arranged transverse interrupted ridges.
Range
N3 North Africa, Arabian Peninsula and eastwards to Pakistan.
Altitude range
near sea level
Distribution
SOMALIA Beckett 779; Hemming 1781; Thulin & Warfa 5799.
Notes
Addah, dufnod, gor-morndei (Som.). The Somali populations have small more or less obovate leaves up to about 15 x 8 mm.

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 M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
HAPLOPHYLLUM tuberculatum (Forssk.) A. Juss. [family RUTACEAE], (1825); Ruta tuberculata Forssk. [family RUTACEAE], (1775). [type as above]
Information
Perennial herb, sometimes somewhat woody at the base, up to c. 60 cm tall, glabrous to pubescent. Leaves obovate to lanceolate or linear, 5–10(–40) x 3–6(–10) mm, obtuse at the apex, cuneate or attenuate at the base, margin entire to crenate. Sepals ovate-triangular to oblong, 0.8–1.3 x 0.8–1 mm, glabrous to ciliate or pubescent, falling off in fruit. Petals yellow, 3–5.5 x 1.5–2.2 mm. Ovary 5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Capsules 1.5–2 mm long and 2.5–4.5 mm wide. Seeds c. 1.5 mm long, black to grey, with densely arranged transverse interrupted ridges.
Range
N3 North Africa, Arabian Peninsula and eastwards to Pakistan.
Altitude range
near sea level
Distribution
SOMALIA Beckett 779; Hemming 1781; Thulin & Warfa 5799.
Notes
Addah, dufnod, gor-morndei (Som.). The Somali populations have small more or less obovate leaves up to about 15 x 8 mm.
HAPLOPHYLLUM tuberculatum (Forssk.) A. Juss. [family RUTACEAE]
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