- Family: Boraginaceae Juss.
- Genus: Cordia L.
Cordia obovata Balf.f.
- Genus: Cordia L.
This species is accepted, and its native range is NE. Somalia, Socotra, Oman.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Habit
- Shrub or small tree up to 4 m tall; young branchlets hispid
- Leaves
- Leaves alternate; blade elliptic to obovate or obovate-oblong, 3–7.5 x 1.5–3.8 cm, cuneate at the base, obtuse, subtruncate or rarely subacute at the apex, dentate or crenate in upper half, slightly scabrid above, ± sparsely pubescent beneath; lateral veins not reaching leaf margin; petiole 3–17 mm long
- Flowers
- Flowers apparently functionally unisexual (only female ones seen), in dense few-flowered glabrescent inflorescences
- Calyx
- Calyx tubular-campanulate, c. 5 mm long, smooth, densely tomentose outside, 3–4-lobed
- Corolla
- Corolla cream; tube 5.5–6 mm long; lobes 4
- Staminodes
- Staminodes 4, slightly exserted
- Style
- Style with c. 4 mm long stigmatic branches
- Fruiting calyx
- Fruiting calyx cup-shaped, 4–5.6 x 5–9 mm
- Fruits
- Drupe orange when ripe, ovoid to subglobose, 7–11 x 6–8 mm.
- Distribution
- N3; Socotra, Oman
- Ecology
- Altitude range 450–1050 m.
- Vernacular
- Mareer docol (Somali).
Native to:
Oman, Socotra, Somalia
Cordia obovata Balf.f. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1988 | unknown [427], Socotra | K000418676 | ||
| Jan 1, 1988 | Schweinfurth, G. [379], Socotra | K000418677 | ||
| unknown [277], Socotra | K000418675 | lectotype |
First published in Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 80 (1883)
Accepted by
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by A. M. Warfa [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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