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  • COMMON NAME: Boom bush, Khip
  • ARABIC: المرخ
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Leptadenia pyrotechnica ( Forssk. ) Decne
  • SYNONYMS: L. spartium wight
  • FAMILY: ASCLEPIADACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fodder (F) Landscape (L) Apiculture (A) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP). Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production. Gazelles and other animals use this bush for shelter in the daytime.
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/leptadenia_pyrotechnica.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. Encyclopedia of medicinal plants of UAE 1&2 from Zayed complex for herbal Research & traditional medicine, AD. 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.
Highly salt-tolerant. Branches and stems are used as a diuretic. The plant is popularly used to treat joint and back pain, dampness and sciatica, as smoke and as an anthelmintic. used as vegetables. The plant fiber is used for making ropes. Good fodder for camels. common in sand dune stabilization. Honey nectar plants. Dried hairs of seeds were used as tinder.
Erect, bushy, yellowish-green, many-branched shrub, up to 3 meters, with drooping cylindrical whip-like stems and clear bitter juice. Leafless or with few linear leaves. Flowers yellow-green, subsessile, on lateral umbellate, pubescent cymes. Calyx small, pubescent; lobes ovate-deltoid, acute. Corolla 4-6mm long, rotate, lobes elliptical-triangular, acute. Corona with short lobes, alternating with petals. Follicles 6-12cm long, lanceolate, glabrous, comose. Flowering from August to December and November to March.
Sandy soil.
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