| Pistacia aethiopica Kokwaro |
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| Famille : ANACARDIACEAE |
| Protologue : Kew Bull. 34(4): 755 (1980) |
| Informations sur le genre : Pistacia |
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Statut
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| Statut pour TA : | accepté (présent) |
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| Synonyme(s) hétérotypique(s) |
| =Pistacia aethiopica Dale & Greenway (1980) |
| =Pistacia lentiscus var. emarginata Engl. |
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| Ecologie et distribution |
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| Biologie : |
Glabrous evergreen spreading tree 5-15(-20) m, rarely a shrub, often multi-stemmed; bole to 0,6 m Ø; bark brown-black, fissured; leaves aromatic, 4-16-18-foliolate, glabrous, rhachis to 10 cm long, winged. |
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| Ecologie : |
Dry evergreen forest (often with Juniperus or Olea-Euclea) or associated bushland and wooded grassland; Buxus bushland; deciduous woodland with Combretum, Acacia, Barkeya on limestone, basalt or sandstone; 900-2550 m alt. |
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Near the Mediterranean P. lentiscus L., but seems distinct (cf. also Inbar, o.c.: 240). – Treated under P. lentiscus L. by Boulos, Fl. Egypt 2: 76-77, 2000 (with fig.). |
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Twigs are used as toothbrushes. Yields a gum of some economic importance, also exported (Somalia). |
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One locality known from Jebel Eraf (c. 13° 06’ N x 44° 15’ E) close to the Yemeni S coast, Arabian Peninsula. Rather locally abundant in S Ethiopia. |
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Bibliographie pour l'Afrique Tropicale :
- (1986). Flora of Tropical East Africa Anacardiaceae: 41
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