Fabaceae
Senegalia

Senegalia ochracea (Thulin & A.S.Hassan) Kyal. & Boatwr.

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 509 (2013)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Somalia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

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: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/35162/9909862

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[IUCN]

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

Type
S1, 7 km on the road between Awdiinle and Qansaxdheere, Hassan 127 (FHO holo., MOG iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Tree, up to 6 m tall, with a large flattened crown; bark yellowish, flaking; young branchlets glabrous or pubescent at first and soon glabrescent
Morphology General Prickles
Prickles solitary or rarely in threes, hooked downwards, up to 5 mm long
Morphology Leaves
Petiole eglandular; pinnae 1–3 pairs, the rhachis with a ± round raised gland c. 0.5–0.6 mm in diam. between the pinnae of the lowermost and sometimes also the topmost pair
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets c. 7–14 pairs, 4–8 x 1–2 mm, sparsely pubescent to glabrous above, sparsely to densely pubescent beneath
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers creamy white, in 25–35 mm long spikes with glabrous axis
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 2–3 mm long, reddish
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 3.5–4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods straight, 40–60 x 15–20 mm, densely pubescent with appressed hairs, ± purplish brown, transversely veined, rounded at the apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds subcircular, 12–13 mm in diam.; areole c. 10 x 6 mm.
Distribution
S1 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 200–450 m.
Vernacular
Cadaad geri (Somali)
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0