18 Dec 2023
Beadbean (Maerua angolensis ssp. socotrana)
Maerua angolensis ssp. socotrana is a species with the unmistakable hanging branches that sway in the wind. It's found sporadically throughout Socotra, growing…
17 Dec 2023
Xylocalyx aculeolatus
This Xylocalyx aculeolatus seemed well passed flowering, so I missed the only flower - seen as a purple blob, just below the cissus subaphylla branch at the…
17 Dec 2023
Cartilage Caper (Capparis cartilaginea)
Elevation: 263 meters.
Native range is Egypt to Tanzania, Western Asia to Northwest India, Arabian Peninsula, Western Indian Ocean.
16 Dec 2023
Cadaba insularis
This is likely the last mature individual of Cadaba insularis on Socotra, of this critically endangered species. This tree is possibly several hundred years…
15 Dec 2023
Cadaba insularis
Socotra is exceptionally diverse, and holds more than 300 species of plants endemic to the island, meaning they exist nowhere else on the planet. All of these…
15 Dec 2023
Cadaba insularis
This Cadaba insularis is able to hold on to life by growing entangled with a Lycium sokotranum. Lycium sokotranum is also very popular with goats, so here two…
15 Dec 2023
Cadaba insularis
How this Cadaba insularis is able to keep on going with so much damage from the goats is just a testament to the ability to survive ongoing damage. The sad…