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  • COMMON NAME: Limeum
  • ARABIC: لامي
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Zaleya pentandra (L.) Jeffrey.
  • SYNONYMS: Trianthema pentandra L.
  • FAMILY: AIZOACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP).
https://www.floraofqatar.com/zaleya_pentandra.htm 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. Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.

Prostrate or ascending perennial herb. Stem of many branches, papillose 20-45 cm long. Leaves 1-4 cm long and 0.5-2 cm broad, opposite, oblong to obvate, obtuse, papillose. Petiole 0.5-1.5 cm long, with a sheathing base. Flowers clustered 3-8 in the axils. Bract ovate-lanceolate; bracteoles 2-3 unequal. Calyx 5-lobes, persistent, papillose. Corolla absent. Stamens 5. Ovary 2-loculed; styles 2, free. Capsule 0.4 cm long, red. seed 4, black, wrinkled. 

Flowering from December to June.
Calcareous sand near the coasts, gardens and farms.
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