Fabaceae
Senegalia

Senegalia somalensis (Vatke) Kyal. & Boatwr.

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 510 (2013)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Somalia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19892844/20001051

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[IUCN]

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: confident
[AERP]

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

Type
N2, near “Meid”, Hildebrandt 1396 (?W holo. not seen, BM K iso.)
Morphology General Habit
Shrub to 3 m high; young branchlets reddish or reddish-brown, glabrous; internodes c. 0.5 cm long
Morphology General Prickles
Prickles solitary, straight and ascending or hooked downwards
Morphology Leaves
Leaves small; pinnae 1 pair; leaflets 2–3 pairs, 2.5–4.5(–5) x 1.75–2.5(–3) mm, obovate-oblong, glaucous, glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers cream, in 2.5–3.5 cm long spikes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 1.5–2.2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 2.5–3.2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods straight, dehiscent, 2.5–3.5(–5) x 1.4–1.8 cm, dark reddish-brown, transversely veined, glabrous.
Distribution
N1, 2 not known elsewhere.
Ecology
Altitude range 15–150 m.
Vernacular
Cadaad hinni, heni, hinni (Somali)
[FSOM]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Insufficiently known
Ecology
Africa: Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub/Tree
[ILDIS]

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

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

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/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