Commiphora hodai

Sprague

Habak-hidd, Hodai

Burseraceae

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows between 135-980 m above sea level.

Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia,

Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A shrub or tree. It grows 6 m tall. It is spiny. The bark peels on small flakes. The leaves have 1-3 leaflets. The middle leaflets is 0.7-2.5 cm long by 0.3-1.5 cm wide. The side leaflets are smaller. The flower petals are dark red. The fruit is oval and has a beak. They are 12-17 mm long by 8-11 mm wide.