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Sepals about 1.5 mm, with triangular truncated teeth, 4(5) red petals about 4 mm, 8 stamens and bilocular ovary with 2 ovules in each locule and a short style. Stigma subcapitate, with 4 lobes slightly marked. Drupe 0.8-1 \u00d7 0.6-0.8 cm, broadly ovoid, apiculate, smooth, glabrous, reddish, with 3 longitudinal winged ribs and the remains of the persistent calyx at the base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","short_name":"Commiphora quadricincta","name_html":"<strong>Commiphora quadricincta <\/strong>Schweinf.","short_description":"","common_names":"","other_name":"<em>Ara.<\/em>: Gafal.\u00a0\u00a0 <em>Tamahaq<\/em>: K\u00e2bizori.","flowering":"June to September.","fruiting":"October to January.","habitat":"Sandy plains and rocky hills.","distribution":"Central and eastern Sahel, from the Air Massif (Niger) to the Red Sea. SE of Egypt, Sudan and the Arabian Peninsula.","observations":"","conservation":"Rare species with a small distribution area. 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