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Family: Salvadoraceae
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Abdi M. Dahir (1999) Salvadoraceae, Flora of Somalia 2: 122-126. Plants small trees or srcambling, evergreen shrubs; young stems with grey or whitish. Leaves petiolate; petioles 3-13(-20) mm long; blades green, more or less fleshy, leathery, lanceolate to elliptic or round, 1.4-10.5 cm long. 1.2-7.5 cm wide. bases cuneate to subcordate, tips rounded to acute, sometimes mucronate. Inflorescences numerous, terminal and xailllary panicles. Flowers greenish white. Drupes red or dark purple when ripe, 5-7 mm in diameter. Salvadora persica grows in deserts and bushland and on rocky hillsides, often in wadis or near springs, usually on saline, sandy, or loamy soils at 0-1100 m. It is known from all regions of the Flora of Somalia plus Eritrea, Ethiopia, tropical southern and northern Africa and extends through Arabia to India and Sri Lanka. The four varieties recognized in the region treated by the Flora of Somalia (see key), differ in their known distribution within the region, Salvadora persica var. persica being present in all regions; Salvadora persica var. angustifolia only from stony ground along wadis in regions N1 and N2; Salvadora persica var. crassifolia from gypsum in region N2 and (and Socotra), and Salvadora persica var. cyclophylla in region S3 from coral just above high tide level and on dunes and in bushland at low elevations. The fruits are edible and the twigs and roots are widely used as a tooth brush. Extracts from the species are used in some toothpasts and its salts and resins are said to have a cleaning effect. ©Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; reproduced with permission. Habit: small trees or scrambling shrubs. Leaves: opposite, simple, entire, leathery, gryish green,lanceolate to elliptic. Inflorescences: numerous, terminal and axillary panicles. Flowers greenish white, with 4 petals united at the base. Druits drupes, red or dark purple when mature. The fruits are edible and the twigs and roots are widely used as a tooth brush. Extracts from the species are used in some toothpasts and its salts and resins are said to have a cleaning effect.
Awale & Jama (2018). Hordhaca dhirta badhtamaha Soomaalilaand. Geed gaab xilli walba cagaaran oo illaa 2 m dhererkiisu gaadho, ballaciisuna 6 m. laamo isku marmaran, oo taagan marna soo laadlaada. Caleemo isku qumman, oo qaabka soodhka ah oo cagaar dhalaalaya ah, oo saan la moodo, iyo hareero siman. Ubax leh liidad furan oo yaryar, oo cagaar iyo caddaan ah. Midho yaryar oo wareegsan oo caddaan ah marka ay weynaadaanna isku beddelaya casaan ama soosali dukhul ah. Sabo: Dhul quruurux leh oo furan, joog ah illaa 600 m. Filiqsanaanta: Si weyn ugu baahsan Afrika, Bariga dhexe iyo Eeshiya. |
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