Fabaceae
Senegalia

Senegalia zizyphispina (Chiov.) Kyal. & Boatwr.

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 172: 511 (2013)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Ethiopia to Somalia. It is a shrub 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: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

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

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

Type
C2, between “Garass-Hebla-Aden” and “Jesomma”, Puccioni & Stefanini 152 (FT syn.), and between “Avorrei” and “Bulo Burti”, Puccioni & Stefanini 171 (FT syn.)
Morphology General Habit
Shrub up to 3 m high; young branchlets dark reddish brown, glabrous or almost so
Morphology General Prickles
Prickles in threes, the central one strongly hooked downwards, the two laterals strongly curved upwards
Morphology Leaves
Pinnae 2–5 pairs; leaflets 1–3(–4) pairs, obliquely obovate, 8–19 x 5–13 mm, minutely appressed puberulous on both surfaces or glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers in up to 5 cm long spikes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx up to 2.5 mm long, glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla up to 4 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods (4–)4.5–9.3 x (2–)3.2–4.8 cm, dehiscent, yellowish brown to purplish, apically rounded, valves thin, ± crinkly, transversely veined, glabrous.
Distribution
C1, 2; S2 and E Ethiopia
Ecology
Altitude range 100–700 m.
Vernacular
Cadaad, cidi-god (Somali)
Note
The inland type race of A. zizyphispina has puberulous leaves and fairly large pods while the more coastal forms have glabrous leaves and smaller (c. 4–6 x 2–3 cm), less crinkly pods. Further studies may show that the coastal race is distinct enough to warrant a name.
[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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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