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ABRUS baladensis Thulin [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]

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
ABRUS baladensis Thulin [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1993);. type: S2, 2–3 km on the road between Balcad and Mogadishu, Thulin 5674 (UPS holo., E K MOG iso.). Fig. 212.
Information
Woody climber up to c. 3 m high; young stems densely pubescent with appressed to spreading ± ferruginous hairs. Leaflets (14–)18–26, oblong, rounded and mucronate at the apex, 6–12 x 2–4.5 mm, appressed pilose on both surfaces, venation raised and prominent above. Inflorescences to 14 cm long including peduncle. Calyx 3–3.5 mm long, denticulate, pubescent with appressed ± ferruginous hairs c. 0.4 mm long. Corolla lilac, 11–12.5 mm long. Pod oblong, 4–6 x 1–1.1 cm, with a downcurved beak, pubescent with white or ± ferruginous appressed hairs. Seeds 5–7, immature ones greenish, compressed, 5.2–5.6 x 4.4–4.5 mm.
Range
S2 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
130–150 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin 6367.

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
ABRUS baladensis Thulin [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1993);. type: S2, 2–3 km on the road between Balcad and Mogadishu, Thulin 5674 (UPS holo., E K MOG iso.). Fig. 212.
Information
Woody climber up to c. 3 m high; young stems densely pubescent with appressed to spreading ± ferruginous hairs. Leaflets (14–)18–26, oblong, rounded and mucronate at the apex, 6–12 x 2–4.5 mm, appressed pilose on both surfaces, venation raised and prominent above. Inflorescences to 14 cm long including peduncle. Calyx 3–3.5 mm long, denticulate, pubescent with appressed ± ferruginous hairs c. 0.4 mm long. Corolla lilac, 11–12.5 mm long. Pod oblong, 4–6 x 1–1.1 cm, with a downcurved beak, pubescent with white or ± ferruginous appressed hairs. Seeds 5–7, immature ones greenish, compressed, 5.2–5.6 x 4.4–4.5 mm.
Range
S2 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
130–150 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin 6367.

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
ABRUS baladensis Thulin [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1993);. type: S2, 2–3 km on the road between Balcad and Mogadishu, Thulin 5674 (UPS holo., E K MOG iso.). Fig. 212.
Information
Woody climber up to c. 3 m high; young stems densely pubescent with appressed to spreading ± ferruginous hairs. Leaflets (14–)18–26, oblong, rounded and mucronate at the apex, 6–12 x 2–4.5 mm, appressed pilose on both surfaces, venation raised and prominent above. Inflorescences to 14 cm long including peduncle. Calyx 3–3.5 mm long, denticulate, pubescent with appressed ± ferruginous hairs c. 0.4 mm long. Corolla lilac, 11–12.5 mm long. Pod oblong, 4–6 x 1–1.1 cm, with a downcurved beak, pubescent with white or ± ferruginous appressed hairs. Seeds 5–7, immature ones greenish, compressed, 5.2–5.6 x 4.4–4.5 mm.
Range
S2 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
130–150 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin 6367.
ABRUS baladensis Thulin [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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