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Somali Montane Xeric Woodlands
The Somali montane xeric shrublands is a desert and xeric scrubland ecoregion in Somalia. The ecoregion lies in the rugged Karkaar Mountains, which run parallel and close to Somalia's northern coast on the Gulf of Aden, and follows coast from Cape Guardafui south to Eyl on the Arabian Sea . Geography The ecoregion covers the Karkaar Mountains, which extend east and west parallel to Somalia's northern coast, from central Somaliland eastwards to Cape Guardafui at Somalia's northeastern tip. A narrow coastal strip separates the mountains from the Gulf of Aden to the north. The Ga'an Libah and Golis Mountains in central Somaliland form the western portion of the ecoregion. Further east are the Cal Madow mountains of eastern Somaliland and northern Puntland. The ecoregion extends to sea level in the north and east, and up to 2,416 m at the summit Mount Shimbiris, the highest peak in the ecoregion and in Somaliland. The higher mountains include outcrops of limestone and gypsum. Clim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daallo Mountain
Daallo Mountain () is a national park in the eastern Sanaag region of Somaliland. It is a part of the Ogo Mountains. Daallo has historically been inhabited by the ancient ancestors of most of the original Somali tribes. Geography The reserve extends inland from the coast, rising steeply from the coastal plain to the top of the scarp of the limestone mountains. On the summit of the scarp, average annual rainfall is about 650 mm. Environment Daallo is a prime example of an unspoiled wilderness, a dense forest on a limestone and gypsum escarpment near to the base of Mount Shimbiris, Somaliland's tallest peak. Some of the trees in the park are over 1000 years old. Many plants from the park have medicinal value. Fauna The site has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International. Notable bird species include the Warsangli linnet and Socotra golden-winged grosbeak. Mammals present include the dorcas gazelle, Somali wild ass and beira. See also *Adminis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Australasia, but is now reserved for species mainly from Australia, with others from New Guinea, Southeast Asia, and the Indian Ocean. The genus name is Neo-Latin, borrowed from Koine Greek (), a term used in antiquity to describe a preparation extracted from '' Vachellia nilotica'', the original type species. Several species of ''Acacia'' have been introduced to various parts of the world, and two million hectares of commercial plantations have been established. Description Plants in the genus ''Acacia'' are shrubs or trees with bipinnate leaves, the mature leaves sometimes reduced to phyllodes or rarely absent. There are 2 small stipules at the base of the leaf, but sometimes fall off as the leaf matures. The flowers are borne in spik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceratonia Oreothauma
''Ceratonia oreothauma'' is a species of tree native to Oman and Somaliland. Description ''Ceratonia oreothauma'' is a small tree with gnarled branches and rough bark which grows up to 8 meters high. It is evergreen, with singly-pinnate leaves bearing up to 20 leaflets. ''Ceratonia oreothauma'' flowers in March and April. Flowers are either purely male or purely female, with minute and sterile primary anthers. Distribution and habitat ''Ceratonia oreothauma'' has two widely separated populations which are classified as separate subspecies. ''C. oreothauma'' ssp. ''oreothauma'' is found in a single valley on Jebel Aswad in the eastern Hajar Mountains of Oman between 900 and 2000 meters elevation.Lewis, Gwilym. "Plants in Peril". ''Curtis' Botanical Magazine'', Volume 2, Issue 4, November 1985, Pages 380-382. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8748.1985.tb00251.x ''C. oreothauma'' subsp. ''somalensis'' occurs in the mountains of Somaliland between 1500 and 1800 meters elevation.Hillc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reseda Sessilifolia
Reseda may refer to: In natural science * ''Reseda'' (plant), a plant genus also known as ''mignonette'' *1081 Reseda, a minor planet that orbits the Sun; named for the ''Reseda'' plant genus Places *Reseda, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California **Reseda Boulevard, a north–south street in western San Fernando Valley; passes through the Reseda neighborhood ***Reseda (Los Angeles Metro station) Reseda station is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. It is named after adjacent Reseda Boulevard, which travels north–south and crosses the east–west busway route. The station is in the Los Angeles neighborhood ..., a station on the Orange Line of the LACMTA rail transportation system; named for Reseda Boulevard Colours * Reseda green, a shade of greyish green {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acokanthera Schimperi
''Acokanthera schimperi'', arrow poison tree, belonging to the family Apocynaceae, is a small tree native to eastern and central Africa as well as to Yemen. Uses The bark, wood and roots of ''Acokanthera schimperi'' are used as an important ingredient of arrow poison in Africa. All plant parts contain acovenoside A and ouabaïne, which are cardiotonic glycosides. Its fruit is edible, and is eaten as a famine food. When ripe they are sweet but also slightly bitter. Unripe fruits have caused accidental poisoning as they are highly toxic. The maned rat spreads the plant's poison on its fur and becomes poisonous. It is also used in traditional African medicine. In Ethiopia, for example, ''Acokanthera schimperi'' leaves have been traditionally used for jaundice. Geographic distribution ''Acokanthera schimperi'' is native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Somaliland, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and DR Congo. It is the only species in the genus that also occurs outside Africa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olea Europaea
The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'' ("European olive"), is a species of subtropical evergreen tree in the family Oleaceae. Originating in Asia Minor, it is abundant throughout the Mediterranean Basin, with wild subspecies in Africa and western Asia; modern cultivars are traced primarily to the Near East, Aegean Sea, and Strait of Gibraltar. The olive is the type species for its genus, '' Olea'', and lends its name to the Oleaceae plant family, which includes species such as lilac, jasmine, forsythia, and ash. The olive fruit is classed botanically as a drupe, similar to the cherry or peach. The term oil—now used to describe any viscous water-insoluble liquid—was virtually synonymous with olive oil, the liquid fat made from olives. The olive has deep historical, economic, and cultural significance in the Mediterranean; Georges Duhamel remarked that the "Mediterranean ends where the olive tree no longer grows". Among the oldest fruit trees domesticated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juniperus Procera
''Juniperus procera'' (known by the common English names African juniper, African pencil-cedar, East African juniper, East African-cedar, and Kenya-cedar) is a coniferous tree native to mountainous areas in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is a characteristic tree of the Afromontane flora. Description ''Juniperus procera'' is a medium-sized tree reaching (rarely ) tall, with a trunk up to diameter and a broadly conical to rounded or irregular crown. The leaves are of two forms, juvenile needle-like leaves long on seedlings, and adult scale-leaves 0.5–3 mm long on older plants, arranged in decussate pairs or whorls of three. It is largely dioecious with separate male and female plants, but some individual plants produce both sexes. The cones are berry-like, 4–8 mm in diameter, blue-black with a whitish waxy bloom, and contain 2–5 seeds; they mature in 12–18 months. The male cones are 3–5 mm long, and shed their pollen in early spring.(Page archive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pistacia Aethiopica
''Pistacia aethiopica'' is an African and Arabia coast peninsula species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is a dioecious evergreen shrub or tree of the pistacio genus, growing up to tall, adapted to the dry environment. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Somaliland, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen. Description It is an evergreen slow-growing tree that emits a very intense smell: bitter, resinous or similar to medication. The tree reaches 5–15 m tall, and rarely is a shrub, often with multiple stems, the trunk of 0.6 m in diameter, and its bark color is brown-black and fissured. It has glabrous leathery leaves, with a thick cuticle. The leaves are aromatic, 4-16-18 foliolate, and glossy bright green. The leaves have rachis 10 cm long. The tree is dioecious, with male and female trees producing different sex flowers. Both types of flowers are small and greenish. It grows slowly, becoming 1000 years old. Ecology It is found in dry evergreen forest (often with'' J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buxus Hildebrandtii
''Buxus hildebrandtii'' is a species of shrub or small tree native to the Horn of Africa. Description ''Buxus hildebrandtii'' is a shrub or small tree. It is generally below 6 meters in height, but can grow up to 9 meters high and a trunk diameter up to 15 cm under favorable conditions. The leaves are oval in shape, leathery and olive-green, 2 to 5 cm long and 0.5 to 2.5 cm wide."''Buxus hildebrandtii'' Baill." ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 26 February 2022/ref> Range and habitat ''Buxus hildebrandtii'' is found in the foothills and mountains of eastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somaliland, northern and central Somalia, and on Socotra Island. It grows in semi-arid Somali montane xeric woodlands, semi-evergreen or evergreen shrubland communities, generally between 600 and 2000 meters elevation, which lie between lowland ''Acacia-Commiphora'' bushlands and thickets and high-elevation juniper forests. In coastal central Somalia, ''Buxus hildebrandtii'' is also fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadia Purpurea
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Mimusops Laurifolia
''Mimusops laurifolia'' is a large evergreen tree, native to the Ethiopian Highlands and the highlands of southeastern Arabian Peninsula.Kilian, Norbert, Peter Hein, and Mohamed Ali Hubaishan (2004). "Further Notes on the Flora of the Southern Coastal Mountains of Yemen". ''Willdenowia'' Bd. 34, H. 1 (Aug. 25, 2004), pp. 159-182. Description ''Mimusops laurifolia'' is an evergreen, broad-canopied tree, typically growing up to 15 metres tall, and up to 25 metres under optimal conditions.Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2020-04-26. ropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Mimusops+laurifolia/ref> The leaves are oval and leathery, and clustered towards the end of the twigs.Nicholson, Paul T., and Ian Shaw (2000). ''Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology''. Cambridge University Press, Mar 23, 2000. The fruit is an oval yellow berry about 35mm x 20mm. Distribution In Africa, ''M. laurifolia'' is found in scattered sites in the northern and eastern Ethi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbeya Oleoides
''Barbeya'' is the only genus in the family Barbeyaceae, and has only one species, ''Barbeya oleoides''. It is a small tree native to the mountains of Somalia, Ethiopia, and the Arabian Peninsula. It can be found locally abundant in the transition zone between the dry, evergreen, Afromontane forests and lower-elevation evergreen bushlands. ''Barbeya oleoides'' has opposite, oblong-lanceolate, simple leaves with entire margins. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate trees. The family Barbeyaceae is closely related to its ecological associate on the Horn, the family Dirachmaceae. Evidence on the molecular level has demonstrated this despite obvious morphological differences between the two families such as Barbeya having small, unisexual, petalless flowers, while the flowers of Dirachmaceae are characterized by their bisexuality, and their relatively large petal Petals are modified leaves that form an inner whorl surrounding the reproductive parts of fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
