Commiphora kataf
General description:
Commiphora erythraea (Ehrenb.) Engler. In DC Monog. Phan. 1V.: 20 (1883).
Conservation status:
EN
Diagnostic description:
Small tree, branches short, without spines. Leaves 3-5 foliolate; leaflets sessile or subsessile, obovate to ovate, terminal leaflet 3-7 x 1.5-3 cm, lateral leaflets 1.5-5 x 1-2.5 cm, margin entire or obscurely crenate, grey tomentose. Flowers in pedunculate cymes. Petals 4, very small. Fruit drupe, ovoid, 7-9 mm in diameter, shortly pubescent.
Distribution:
Tropical East Africa, NE Africa, Farasan Island. The Farasan Islands(Farasan Al-Kabir-Zifaf-Dawshak-Dumsuk).