Breonadia salicina (Bekele-Tesemma, 2007)

← Boswellia rivae

Bekele-Tesemma, Useful trees and shrubs for Ethiopia, 2007 Breonadia salicina (Bekele-Tesemma, 2007)

Bridelia micrantha →

Breonadia salicina Rubiaceae Indigenous

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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