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  • COMMON NAME: purslane-leaved aizoon
  • ARABIC: سلي، حلمه
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Aizoon canariense L.
  • SYNONYMS: Aizoon procumbens
  • FAMILY: AIZOACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual 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://www.floraofqatar.com/aizoon_canariense.htm Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. 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.
Moderately salt tolerant, edible herb. Leaves are eaten as a salad green.
Annual or perennial, low, green, papillose herb. Stems procumbent, thick, woody base, zigzag branches or alternately branched 6-18 cm long. Leaves 1-3 cm long, alternate, petiolate, fleshy, spathulate to oblong-obovate, cuneate or tapering at base, obtuse at apex. Flowers 0.5-1.0 cm , solitary, axillary, sessile, stellate. Perianth 5-lobed, ovate to triangular, yellowish-green. Stamens in 5 bundles, each of 3, episepalous, filaments free. Ovary 5-carpelled, stigma 5. Fruit a woody capsule with star-shaped. Seeds reniform, black, many in each locule. Flowering from December to June.
Sandy soil, alluvial gravels, shallow depressions and road sides.
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