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NEWTONIA erlangeri (Harms) Brenan [family ]

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
NEWTONIA erlangeri (Harms) Brenan [family ], (1955);. type: S3, “Feleschid”, Ellenbeck 2317 (B holo. destr.). Piptadenia erlangeri Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1902);. type: S3, “Feleschid”, Ellenbeck 2317 (B holo. destr.).
Information
Tree, 6–20 m tall with a spreading crown; branchlets glabrous or puberulous. Leaves: pinnae 1–4 pairs; leaflets 5–12 pairs, elliptic or oblong, 7–24 x 3–9 mm, glabrous, prominently veined. Flowers cream, in spikes up to 10 cm long, which are often racemosely or paniculately aggregated towards branchlet-ends. Calyx 1–1.5 mm long, subtruncate with very short lobes; petals 2.5–3 mm, hairy towards apex. Anthers without an apical gland. Pod 10–25 x 1.5–2.2 cm. Seeds 5–5.5 x 1.6–1.8 cm.
Range
S3
Altitude range
c. 50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin & Warfa 4483, SMP 141; Friis & al. 4959.
Distribution (external)
E Kenya ?NE Tanzania
Notes
Dhaydhay, dheydhey, reydab (Som.).
NEWTONIA erlangeri (Harms) Brenan [family ]
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