Melocarpum robecchii (Engl.) Beier & Thulin

This species is native to E Ethiopia, extending to Somalia, and S Arabian Peninsula. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There is only one species of Melocarpum occurs in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Evergreen perennial subshrub or shrub ; up to 1 . 5 m tall . Stems erect , green-yellow , delicate . Leaves 1-foliolate , shortly petiolate or sessile , succulent , glabrous ; leaflets 7-15 x 11-16 mm , round to broadly obovate , apex rounded , base rounded , glabrous ; stipules fused . Inflorescences solitary , in the axils of leaves ; pedicel 4-10 mm . Flowers purple to pink , fading white , ± 5 mm across ; sepals 205-3 mm , obovate , glabrous , greenish yellow ; petals 10-11 m , obovate , shortly clawed ; stamens with a scale-like appendage at the base . Fruit capsule , 5-7 mm , 5-angled , glabrous , becoming yellow to brownish yellow at maturity . (Ref . Flora of oman ; vol . 2) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Not Evaluated (NE)

الوفرة


Not Common

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Zygophyllum robecchii Engl.

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Not known

الأسماء المحلية


arounin (Mehri) (same name also used for Seetzenia lanata)
Melocarpum robecchii_arounin (Mehri)-07082024
Melocarpum robecchii_arounin (Mehri)-07082024-24062025

الاستخدامات


Not recorded yet.

المراجع


*Ghazanfar, S. (2007). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.2: Crassulaceae – Apiaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 36). ISBN 9789072619747 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

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