Zygophyllum decumbens Delile

This species is native to Egypt, extending to N Somalia, and Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, and Arabian Peninsula. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There are 10 species of Zygophyllum found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Perennial succulent herb ; up to 30 cm high , glaucous . Stems and branches prostrate . Leaves 2-foliolate , succulent , glabrous ; leaflets 5-12 x 4-10 mm , obovate , base tapering , apex rounded , glabrous ; stipules ± 2 mm , membranous ; petiole 4-8 mm . Inflorescences solitary , in lin the axils of leaves ; pedicel 3-4 mm . Flowers ± 5 mm across , white ; sepals 2-3 mm , oblong , glabrous , greenish yellow ; petals oblong to obovate , about one and a half times as long as the sepals ; stamens with a scale-like appendage at the base ; ovary glabrous ; style c . 2 mm long . Fruit capsule , 3-5 mm , obconical , obscurely 5-angled , flattened at apex , speticidally dehiscent , 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


Tetraena decumbens (Delile) Beier & Thulin

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Not known

الأسماء المحلية


arsat, dhamraeen (Central Oman)

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://www.nzpcn.org.nz *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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