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  • COMMON NAME: Scarlet pea
  • ARABIC: نيله، بيشه
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Indigofera intricata Boiss.
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Umm-Al-Quwain , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fodder (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Very common in the UAE. The layered appearance of the bush is characteristic, though only conspicuous in large specimens.
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.floraofqatar.com/indigofera_intricata.htm Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Moderately salt tolerant, highly grazable, used in folk medicine.

Perennial prostrate to procumbent, undershrub, 10-25 cm high. Stem woody, with silvery appresses hairs, lateral branches spinescent. Leaflets 3-7, opposite to subopposite, 2-4 mm long, 1-3 mm broad, obovate, obtuse or mucronate, with strong appressed silvery hairs on both surfaces. Stipules present. Racemes short, 2-5 cm long, with few flowers on a stout axis spinescent. Flowers red, 4-5 mm long. Calyx 2.5-3.5mm long, with linear, acute lobes, densely pubescent. Standard 4-5 mm long, externally pubescent. Pods subsessile, cylindrical, mucronate, pubescent, 3-5 seeded, 7-14 mm long. 

Flowering from February to May.
Sandy soil.
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