I. Friis & K. Vollesen (1999) Sapindaceae. Flora of Somalia 2:239-253

Plants shrubs or small trees, all parts glabrous and resinous when young/ Leaves simple; petioles short; blades narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, bases attenuate, margins entire, tips usually acute, rarely rounded to truncate. Infloresences terminal or axillary, paniculate, 1-4 cm long, often merging into a compound terminal inflorescence. Flowers pedicellate; pedicels 2-7(-12 in female flowers) mm long; sepals 4, ovate, 2-3.5 mm lonG, 1.5-2 mm wide, yellowish green, shortly united at the base; stamens (5-)7-9(-10), subsessile; anthers about 3 mm long; styles 4-7 mm long, 2-3-fid; stigmas 2-3 mm long. Fruits circular in outline, 0.7-1.6 cm long. 1-1.8 cm wide, yellowish with reddish tinged wings; seeds suglobose to lens-shaped., about 3 mm long and 2 m wide.

Dodonaea viscosa has two varieties. So far, the only one known from Somailand and Somalia is Dodonaea viscosa var. angustifolia. The other, Dodonaea viscosa var. viscosa is know from Kenya and elsewhere along tropical shores in Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands, and the Americas. The key below summaraizes how they differ.

1. Plants 4(-8) m tall; leaf blades 2-5.5 cm long, 0.7-1.7 cm aide; scars of fallen sepals annular or slightly lobed; seeds compresed globose, not easily rolling when dropped on a flat surface... Dodonaea viscosa var. angustifolia

1. Plants to 4 m tall; leaf blades usually longer and wider, up to 12 cm long and 4 cm wide; scars of fallen sepals strongly bilobed; seeds usually subglobose and rolling easily when dropped on a flat surface ... Dodonaea viscosa var. viscosa

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Awale & Jama (2018). Hordhaca dhirta badhtamaha Soomaalilaand.

Geed gaab goor walba cagaaran oo taagan, oo illaa 2 m gaadha. Caleemo talantaalli ah, oo cagaar dukhula oo dhalaalaya ah, oo qaabka soodhka u samaysan, oo hareeraha ka dhammaystiran, korna u jeeda. Ubax rucub cas ah oo ka baxay surdhubta caleenta. Midho ku jira dahaadh qurxoon oo leh baalal yaryar oo casaan iyo huruud ah.

Sabo: Dhul geed-qori leh, joog ah illaa 800 m.

Filiqsanaanta: Asal ahaan Ustareeliya, Imikana kulaale-xigeennada, oo inta badan loo beerto qurux ahaan.