Catalogue no.:	V-740611
Taxon:	Commicarpus plumbagineus (Cav.) Standl.
Label:	Commicarpus plumbagineus
Family:	Nyctaginaceae
Collector:	Ib Friis, Sally Bidgood, Wege Abebe & Ermias Getachew
Collector no.:	12227
Date:	2005 10 12
Country:	Ethiopia
Province:	Amara
Locality:	In the Mereb Valley 4 km S of Rama on the road that connected Adwa (Adi Abun) with Asmara
Habitat:	Dry Balanites woodland on sandy and black cotton soil in river valley
Attributes:	Perennial herb to c. 1 m high; flowers purplish pink; whole plant sticky
Coordinates:	latDD 014.345; longDD 038.81