Dalbergia commiphoroides Baker f.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199825504/199825506

Conservation

LC - least concern

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation

Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit

Shrub or small tree, 1.8–5 m tall

Morphology Branches

Branchlets clustered at the nodes, some becoming thorns

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 2–6 cm long; leaflets (3–)5–7, oblong-obovate to broadly obovate, 0.8–2.5 x 0.7–2.3 cm, pubescent on both surfaces

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes or little-branched panicles (1.5–)2–3 cm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx 2–2.5 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla 5–6 mm long, white

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens 9

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod elliptic-oblong, (2.2–)3–4.5(–6) x 1–1.5 cm, papery, subglabrous, uniformly and prominently veined, 1–2-seeded.

Distribution

N1–3; C1, 2; S1; E Ethiopia, N Kenya

Ecology

Altitude range 400–1000 m.

Vernacular

Dhuyac, duyer (Somali)

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit

Intricate bushy shrub 1.8–5 m. tall; bark grey or pale brown, smooth, ultimately thinly flaking.

Morphology Branches

Branchlets clustered at the nodes, some growing out, others remaining short and not infrequently bluntly spine-tipped, covered at first with small white mostly straight and spreading hairs, soon glabrescent.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 2–6 cm. long; stipules oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2–5 mm. long, caducous; lateral leaflets (1–)2–3 on either side of rhachis, oblong-obovate to broadly obovate, 0.8–2.4 cm. long, 0.7–2.3 cm. wide, truncate to broadly rounded or emarginate at apex, cuneate, pubescent on both surfaces; primary lateral nerves 4–6 on either side of midrib, the lower ones ascending to upper half.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes or little-branched panicles appearing with flush of new leaves, (1.5–)2.3 cm. long, the axes shortly ± spreading pubescent to subglabrous; bracts lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 0.5–1 mm. long, caducous; bracteoles near top of 1–1.5 mm. long pedicel, similar.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx 2–2.5 mm. long, puberulous or subglabrous except on margins.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla 5–6 mm. long, white, fragrant; standard oblong-obovate with fairly well-developed claw; wings little shorter than standard and slightly exceeding keel.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens 9, united.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit elliptic-oblong, bluntly pointed or shortly rounded at apex, narrowed to the 0.5–1 cm. long stipe, (2.2–)3–4.5 cm. long, 1–1.5 cm. wide, papery, subglabrous, uniformly and prominently venose, 1–2-seeded.

Habitat

Deciduous bushland on sandstone outcrops; ± 420 m.

Distribution

K1