Dicraeopetalum stipulare Harms

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/32238/9690383

Conservation

VU - vulnerable

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

Type

S1, “Degder” hill, Paoli 870 (K neo., FT LE isoneo.)

Morphology General Habit

Tree 4–12(–20) m tall; ends of twigs densely covered with persistent stipule-bases

Morphology Leaves

Leaves usually 2–4 together at the ends of the twigs, 8–10 cm long; leaflets 9–15, subopposite, elliptic-oblong, 20–30 x 9–14 mm, puberulous on both surfaces

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes many-flowered, 5–11 cm long, short-pedunculate

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx silky pubescent, 5–6 mm long, divided to just above the middle into lanceolate lobes

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Petals 5–6 mm long, white, notched at the apex

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Pod narrowly oblong, c. 3–4 cm long, bluntly pointed, appressed pubescent.

Distribution

C2; S1; E Ethiopia, N Kenya

Ecology

Altitude range 200–630 m.

Vernacular

Hanjaleelo, saby sayde, salma selmi (Somali)

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

Morphology General Habit

Tree 5–8 m. tall; bark fibrous; ends of twigs densely covered with persistent stipule-bases.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 2–4 together at the ends of the twigs, imparipinnate; stipules lanceolate-subulate, connate at the base, persistent; rhachis pubescent, including the 9–12 mm. long petiole 6–7 cm. long, prolonged 6–9 mm. beyond the last pair of lateral leaflets; leaflets subopposite, elliptic-oblong, 2–3 cm. long, 9–14 mm. wide, puberulent and with a prominent vein-network on both surfaces.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Racemes many-flowered, 5–7 cm. long, borne at the ends of short shoots which are leafless at the time of flowering, covered with a silky yellowish indumentum; pedicels 10–13 mm. long, each with a lanceolate bract attached 1–4 mm. above the base.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx silky, 5–6 mm. long, divided to just above the middle into 5 subequal lanceolate lobes.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Petals 5, free, white, glabrous, imbricate, oblong-obovate, notched at the apex, 5–6 mm. long, inserted in the lower part of the calyx-tube.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens 10, free, all alike, inserted with the petals and rather longer than them; anthers small, oval.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil

Ovary 1–2-ovulate, pubescent, ± 6 mm. long, including the short glabrous stipe and style; stigma small, capitate.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit narrowly oblong, ± 3–4 cm. long, tapered to a short stipe, bluntly pointed, papery, appressed pubescent.

Habitat

Acacia, Commiphora open deciduous bushland on red sandy loam; 300 m.

Distribution

E. Ethiopia, S. Somali Republic K1

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation

Insufficiently known

Ecology

Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket

Morphology General Habit

Perennial, Not climbing, Tree