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  • COMMON NAME: string of beads
  • ARABIC: خرز، مليح
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Halopeplis perfoliata (Forssk.) Bunge ex Schweinf. & Asch.
  • SYNONYMS: Halostachys perfoliata, Salicornia perfoliata.
  • FAMILY: CHENOPODIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ajman , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Fodder (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs Shrubs Succulent
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
https://www.floraofqatar.com/halopeplis_perfoliata.htm Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. 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.
Highly salt tolerant. Low forage value.
Succulent shrublet or herb up to 40 cm high. Stems erect glabrous, branched. Leaves about 0.3 cm long succulent, globular-ovoid or pyriform, perfoliate, often becoming red in colored. Flowers connate, sessile, in clusters of dense lateral and terminal spikes. Seeds about 0.5 cm ovoid to ellipsoidal, papillate. Flowering from July to December.
saline places near coastal regions.
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