Collection #
B-Phanerogamae
Stored under taxon name
Hyphaene reptans Becc.
Det./rev./conf./assigned
Collectors 2000
Ident. history
Collectors 2000: Hyphaene reptans
Location
Yemen / Ḩaḑramawt | 14.46667, 48.11667
Label
Yemen, gov. Hadramout, upper Wadi Hajar, near the village Bam Sebeli c 5km S of As Sadarah, broad wadi plain with sandy soil, alt. 400m, 14°28'N; 48°07'E.
Alt. 400 m
Habitat
Dense population of c 150 sterile dwarf palms with procumbent stems (arab: nashr) and 5 female trees with numerous fruits on erect forked trunks, to 8m tall (arab: nuttuk).
Habitus
Fruits, inflorescence, leaf of adult tree. Doum fruits eaten by monkeys (tooth marks!).
Annotations
Plants from Yemen. - P.Hein, M.Al-Mashjari & N.Kilian; plus photographs; Additional sheets: B 10 0459706; B 10 0459289
Hein,P. et al. 7861a
(link to CETAF Botany Pilot)