| Dobera glabra (Forssk.) Poir. |
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| Protologue : Lam. Encycl., Suppl., ii. 493 (1812) |
| Information on the genus : Dobera |
| Basionym : Tomex glabra Forssk. |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Tomex glabra Forssk. (1775) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Schizocalyx coriaceus Hochst. |
| =Dobera coriacea (Hochst.) A. DC. |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Evergreen unarmed much-branched shrub or tree, 1,8-7,5 m tall; bole c. 0,6 mm Ø; crown spreading; bark green to dark grey, fissured into rectangular patches, “like elephant skin”; branchlets green, finely pubescent; leaves opposite,[…] |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Open grassy thorny scrub with Acacia spp. and Balanites; Acacia scrub on alluvium; sandy grey alluvial soil with Adenium and Moringa; drainage lines in Acacia mellifera shrub “steppe”; in dry stony soil at edge of dry river-bed;[…] 1-1250 m alt. |
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Very variable in shape of leaves, also in size of flowers (smaller in Arabia, India). |
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S Arabia (Yemen, Saudi Arabia); India (Bombay, rare). |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- DARBYSHIRE, I. KORDOFAMI, M. & AL. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing : 261
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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| Record n°90466 modified 2007-01-22 |
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