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CRAIBIA brevicaudata (Vatke) Dunn [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
CRAIBIA brevicaudata (Vatke) Dunn [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1911).
Information
Tree. Leaflets 3–7 (in Flora area 3–5), ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, up to 11 x 4 cm. Flowers in racemes which may be branched near the base. Calyx pubescent with brown and sometimes also white hairs; tube 3–4 mm long; lobes c. 2 mm long. Corolla white, 12–19 mm long. Ovary pubescent below, particularly along sutures. Pod 5.5–10.5 x 1.8–3 cm (in Flora area). Seeds 1–4, up to 12.5 x 8 x 2.5 mm.
Range
S3 E and S tropical Africa.
Altitude range
c. 50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam Sheikh Hassan 4942.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Notes
The only Somali collection seen is sterile. It obviously represents subsp. brevicaudata that is otherwise known from Kenya, Tanzania and possibly Ethiopia.
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
CRAIBIA brevicaudata (Vatke) Dunn [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1911).
Information
Tree. Leaflets 3–7 (in Flora area 3–5), ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, up to 11 x 4 cm. Flowers in racemes which may be branched near the base. Calyx pubescent with brown and sometimes also white hairs; tube 3–4 mm long; lobes c. 2 mm long. Corolla white, 12–19 mm long. Ovary pubescent below, particularly along sutures. Pod 5.5–10.5 x 1.8–3 cm (in Flora area). Seeds 1–4, up to 12.5 x 8 x 2.5 mm.
Range
S3 E and S tropical Africa.
Altitude range
c. 50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam Sheikh Hassan 4942.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Notes
The only Somali collection seen is sterile. It obviously represents subsp. brevicaudata that is otherwise known from Kenya, Tanzania and possibly Ethiopia.
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
CRAIBIA brevicaudata (Vatke) Dunn [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1911).
Information
Tree. Leaflets 3–7 (in Flora area 3–5), ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, up to 11 x 4 cm. Flowers in racemes which may be branched near the base. Calyx pubescent with brown and sometimes also white hairs; tube 3–4 mm long; lobes c. 2 mm long. Corolla white, 12–19 mm long. Ovary pubescent below, particularly along sutures. Pod 5.5–10.5 x 1.8–3 cm (in Flora area). Seeds 1–4, up to 12.5 x 8 x 2.5 mm.
Range
S3 E and S tropical Africa.
Altitude range
c. 50 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam Sheikh Hassan 4942.
Distribution (external)
Ethiopia
Notes
The only Somali collection seen is sterile. It obviously represents subsp. brevicaudata that is otherwise known from Kenya, Tanzania and possibly Ethiopia.
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