Conocarpus lancifolius Engl. ex Engl. & Diels |
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Family : COMBRETACEAE |
Protologue : Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen.-Fam. 4: 32 (1900) |
Information on the genus : Conocarpus |
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Status
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Status for NA : | accepted (cultivated) |
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Tree 10-30 m tall, 3 m in girth. |
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Ecology : |
Along watercourses in semi-desert coastal zone; locally dominant; 10-570 m alt. Also cultivated (one of the most common street trees in Mogadishu; near Mombasa. |
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Hitherto considered to be an endemic of Somalia, also wild in Yemen (M. Thulin & al. in Biol. Skr. 54: 144-145, 2001). |
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
see under The International Plant Name Index |
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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Record n°1337 |
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