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  • COMMON NAME: Pteropyrum
  • ARABIC: سيداف
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Pteropyrum scoparium Jaub. & Spach.
  • FAMILY: POLYGONACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Dubai , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Wadi Slope Gulley
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP).
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://efloraofindia.com/2014/05/20/pteropyrum-scoparium/ Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. 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.
Leaves are eaten to treat dyspepsia and as a blood purifying tonic.

Rigid shrub up to 1 meter, with greyish-white, much branched stems. Leaves clustered, 3-6 fleshy, entire oblong-lanceolate, green, deciduous, 1-2 cm long. Flowers crowded axils. Achenes 3-winged, 7-12 mm long, brown or pink, the upper lobes more less contiguous with lower. 

Flowering from February to May.
Gravelly soil, among rocks of wadis, foot-hills and alluvial plains close to mountains.
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