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ZYGOCARPUM somalense (Gillett) Thulin & Lavin [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
ZYGOCARPUM somalense (Gillett) Thulin & Lavin [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (2001);. type: N2, E “Al Medo” Mts, “Sugli”, Collenette 285 (K holo.).
Ormocarpum somalense Gillett [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1966);. type: N2, E “Al Medo” Mts, “Sugli”, Collenette 285 (K holo.).
Information
Shrub, 1–2 m tall. Leaf-rhachis up to 2.5 cm long. Leaflets 7–13, elliptic-oblong, to 5 x 3 mm, midvein sparsely pubescent and often purplish-black beneath. Racemes 1(–3)-flowered; rhachis 3–12 mm long. Calyx c. 5 mm long, subglabrous except for lobes; lower lobe 1.5–3 mm long. Corolla blue or violet; blade of standard c. 9 x 11 mm, cordate at the base, glabrous. Ovary c. 4-ovulate; style 5–8 mm long. Pod glabrous, 1–4-articulate with articles c. 10–13 x 7–9 mm, reticulate.
Range
N2, 3 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
400–1600 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally 11027; Thulin & Warfa 5818; Thulin & al. 10207.
Notes
Dabakar, daanyo, tabakar (Som.).
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
ZYGOCARPUM somalense (Gillett) Thulin & Lavin [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (2001);. type: N2, E “Al Medo” Mts, “Sugli”, Collenette 285 (K holo.).
Ormocarpum somalense Gillett [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1966);. type: N2, E “Al Medo” Mts, “Sugli”, Collenette 285 (K holo.).
Information
Shrub, 1–2 m tall. Leaf-rhachis up to 2.5 cm long. Leaflets 7–13, elliptic-oblong, to 5 x 3 mm, midvein sparsely pubescent and often purplish-black beneath. Racemes 1(–3)-flowered; rhachis 3–12 mm long. Calyx c. 5 mm long, subglabrous except for lobes; lower lobe 1.5–3 mm long. Corolla blue or violet; blade of standard c. 9 x 11 mm, cordate at the base, glabrous. Ovary c. 4-ovulate; style 5–8 mm long. Pod glabrous, 1–4-articulate with articles c. 10–13 x 7–9 mm, reticulate.
Range
N2, 3 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
400–1600 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally 11027; Thulin & Warfa 5818; Thulin & al. 10207.
Notes
Dabakar, daanyo, tabakar (Som.).
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
ZYGOCARPUM somalense (Gillett) Thulin & Lavin [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (2001);. type: N2, E “Al Medo” Mts, “Sugli”, Collenette 285 (K holo.).
Ormocarpum somalense Gillett [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1966);. type: N2, E “Al Medo” Mts, “Sugli”, Collenette 285 (K holo.).
Information
Shrub, 1–2 m tall. Leaf-rhachis up to 2.5 cm long. Leaflets 7–13, elliptic-oblong, to 5 x 3 mm, midvein sparsely pubescent and often purplish-black beneath. Racemes 1(–3)-flowered; rhachis 3–12 mm long. Calyx c. 5 mm long, subglabrous except for lobes; lower lobe 1.5–3 mm long. Corolla blue or violet; blade of standard c. 9 x 11 mm, cordate at the base, glabrous. Ovary c. 4-ovulate; style 5–8 mm long. Pod glabrous, 1–4-articulate with articles c. 10–13 x 7–9 mm, reticulate.
Range
N2, 3 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
400–1600 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally 11027; Thulin & Warfa 5818; Thulin & al. 10207.
Notes
Dabakar, daanyo, tabakar (Som.).
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