13 Dec 2023
Blepharis spiculifolia
Blepharis spiculifolia looks similar to Leucas spiculifolia, but is a cliff dwelling species. Blepharis spiculifolia is…
13 Dec 2023
Blepharis spiculifolia
Blepharis spiculifolia looks similar to Leucas spiculifolia, but is a cliff dwelling species. Blepharis spiculifolia is…
13 Dec 2023
Commiphora socotrana
Commiphora socotrana is in places very common. Key distinction: leaflets crenate-dentate opposed to entire in…
12 Dec 2023
Cryptolepis volubilis
Cryptolepis volubilis is a climbing shrub, and my first encounter so far on Socotra. Endemic. Elevation: 197 meters.…
12 Dec 2023
Dirichletia obovata
Dirichletia obovata is a common and very variable species. In fact so variable that it was previously separated into…
12 Dec 2023
Hemionitis scioana
Hemionitis scioana is a common fern found in Socotra's shady locations, and very easy to recognize during growth as the…
12 Dec 2023
Cynanchum revoilii
Cynanchum revoilii is a very common species to mid-level elevations, but I have only occasionally encountered them in…
12 Dec 2023
Boswellia bullata
Boswellia scopulorum is found in few and isolated areas where they escape the goats atop huge limestone boulders and in…
12 Dec 2023
Croton sulcifructus
Although Croton socotranus is widely variable, and Croton sulcifructus also is variable, it has larger leaves and…
12 Dec 2023
Boswellia scopulorum
Boswellia scopulorum is found in few and isolated areas where they escape the goats atop huge limestone boulders and in…