Open Herbarium - Phyllogeiton discolor

Phyllogeiton discolor (Klotzsch) Herzog (redirected from: Berchemia discolor (Klotzsch) Hemsl.)
Family: Rhamnaceae [Berchemia discolor (Klotzsch) Hemsl.] Manie Maree - Own work	Ethnobotany - Somaliland IUCN Rating Flora of Somalia English - short Other resources Resources Awale, A.I. (2021) Mapping useful trees and shrubs under threat in Somaliland Phyllogeiton discolor has sweet, date-like edible fruits. Its wood is red in colour and one of the hardest in the region. The leaves are browsed by animals. Because of its dense rounded crown, its shade is a good venue for open meetings and community functions. The wood is known for high quality axe-handles and camel bells - known for their hollow and strong sound. IUCN November 2021 In November 2021, the IUCN rated Berchemia discolor (which is now called Phyllogeiton discolor) LC, meaning it is of least concern. Despite this, its declining abundance in Somaliland led to its being identified as one of the 23 species of greatest concern to small farmers and pastoralists in Somaliland. Thulin, M. (1999) Rhamnaceae in Flora of Somalia 2: 150-156 Plants trees up to 20 m tall; bark reticulately fissured; branchlets glabrous to pubescent, the hairs spreading. Leaves stipulate, petiolate; stipules 2-4 mm long, basal bases united and persistent; petioles 3-9 mm long; blades elliptic to ovate or oblong, 2-7.5 cm long, 1-4.5 cm wide, lower surfaces glabrous to densely pubescent, slightly paler than the the upper surfaces, upper faces glabrous or minutely pubescent near the midribs, bases cuneate to truncate, tips acute to rounded. Flowers pedicellate, yelowish green; pedicels about 2 mm long; sepals 2-3 mm long; petals about 2 mm long; stamens with filaments about 2 mm long; styles about 1 mm long. Drupes 12-20 mm long, 7-11 mm in diameter, yellow. Phyllogeiton discolor grows in bushland and woodlan, often along wadis or on granitic inselbergs at 200-1200 m. It is known from regions N1, C2, and S1 of the Flora of Somalia and from Eritrea, Ethiopia south to South Africa, Madagascar, and Yemen. It used to be called Berchemia discolor. The fruits are edible. Awale, A.I. (2021) Mapping useful trees and shrubs under threat in Somaliland Phyllogeiton discolor is a semi-deciduous tree up to 20 m tall. It used to be known as Berchemia discolor. Plants of the World Online (POWO): Phyllogeiton discolor. Click on banner image to see more images. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): Phyllogeiton discolor. Records outside Africa are of cultivated plants.
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