A preliminary contribution on some taxa belonging to the generaBosciaLam.,CadabaForssk. andCapparisL. in Somalia is presented.Cadaba somalensisFranch., traditionally treated as a synonym ofC. heterotrichaStocks, is reinstated.Boscia flavescensMattei is reduced to synonym ofB. coriaceaPax.Cadaba heterotrichaStocks var.glabrataChiov. is reduced to synonym of C.farinosaForssk. subsp.adenotricha(Gilg & Bened.) R.A. Graham, taxon so far unrecorded from Somalia. The presence in the area ofCapparis sepiaria L. var.stuhlmannii(Gilg) De Wolf is confirmed.