Breonadia salicina (Bekele-Tesemma, 2007)
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Breonadia salicina Rubiaceae Indigenous
Common names
- Gumuzgna: Djaha
- Shinashgna: Gjaha
Ecology
Grows in moist riverine vegetation in woodland areas in Gonder, Benshangulgumuz, Gojam, Wellega, Bale and Sidamo, 1,150—1,550 m. Dry, Moist and Wet Kolla. Agroclimatic zones
Uses
Timber (heavy construction), farm implements, bee forage, windbreak and ornamental.
Description
It is a huge, usually a riverine tree that attains a height of some 25 m and a diameter of up to 1.5 m.
- BARK: dark at the main stem but green and full of scales at branches and branchlets.
- LEAVES: simple in whorls of 4, glossy, lanceolate in shape, 10-28 cm length and 2-6 cm in length, acute at the apex, narrowed to the base midrib coarse and lateral veins fine; petiole 2-20 mm long.
Propagation
Seedlings
