''Sideroxylon mascatense'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
Sapotaceae.
Description
''Sideroxylon mascatense'' is a
sclerophyllous spiny shrub or small tree, usually growing 7 to 10 meters tall and occasionally recorded as a medium-sized tree up to 15 meters high.
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Distribution and habitat
''Sideroxylon mascatense'' ranges from the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.Robert Stock, ''Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation'', (The Guilford Press; 2004), ...
(northeastern Ethiopia, Djibouti, and northern Somalia) through the southern Arabian Peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...
(Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and Oman) to Pakistan and Afghanistan.olive
The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' ...
(''Olea europaea''), '' Ebenus stellatus, Grewia villosa
''Grewia villosa'' is a shrub, often scrambling and hardly exceeding 4 m in height. Leaves are fairly large, serrated and heart-shaped. It grows naturally, mainly in dry habitats. It is common in most of the semi-arid parts of Eastern Africa but ...
, Juniperus seravschanica, Myrtus communis
''Myrtus communis'', the common myrtle or true myrtle, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It is an evergreen shrub native to southern Europe, North Africa, Western Asia, Macaronesia, and the Indian Subcontinent, and a ...
'', and '' Sageretia spiciflora''. ''S. mascatense'' was formerly the characteristic tree in the montane semi-evergreen woodlands of the Musandam Peninsula in northernmost Oman and the United Arab Emirates, but livestock grazing and over-harvesting timber and firewood has degraded the peninsula's montane woodlands and ''Dodonaea viscosa'' is now the predominant tree there.[Kürschner H. (1998) Biogeography and Introduction to Vegetation. In: Ghazanfar S.A., Fisher M. (eds) Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula. Geobotany, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. ]
Uses
The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local use. It is sometimes sold in local markets.[
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References
External links
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mascatense
Flora of Afghanistan
Flora of the Arabian Peninsula
Flora of Djibouti
Flora of Ethiopia
Flora of Pakistan
Flora of Somalia