Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia is a new species of Boswellia for Socotra, yet to be confirmed and accepted scientifically. It has a…


Croton socotranus

Croton socotranus

Croton socotranus is perhaps the most common plant species on Socotra, and it is very variable in response to the…


Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia is a new species of Boswellia for Socotra, yet to be confirmed and accepted scientifically. It has a…


Leucas flagellifera

Leucas flagellifera

Leucas flagellifera is found in southwestern and western Socotra, and I found several individuals near the coast of…


Xylocalyx aculeolatus

Xylocalyx aculeolatus

This Xylocalyx aculeolatus seemed well passed flowering, so I missed the only flower - seen as a purple blob, just…


Cynanchum revoilii

Cynanchum revoilii

Cynanchum revoilii has a strange looking, but edible fruit. I've encountered many in bloom in the northwest this visit,…


Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia is a new species of Boswellia for Socotra, yet to be confirmed and accepted scientifically. It has a…


Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia is a new species of Boswellia for Socotra, yet to be confirmed and accepted scientifically. It has a…


Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia is a new species of Boswellia for Socotra, yet to be confirmed and accepted scientifically. It has a…


Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia is a new species of Boswellia for Socotra, yet to be confirmed and accepted scientifically. It has a…


Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia – protected from goats

This might look like an ordinary cairns, but inside it grows a Boswellia hesperia! Elevation: 409 meters.


Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia

Boswellia hesperia is a new species of Boswellia for Socotra, yet to be confirmed and accepted scientifically. It has a…