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  • COMMON NAME: Zygophyllum
  • ARABIC: هرم
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Zygophyllum hamiense Schweinf.
  • SYNONYMS: Tetraena hamiensis (Schweinf.) Beier & Thulin
  • FAMILY: ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fodder (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Succulent
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:873581-1
Extremely salt tolerant, grazed by camels, very common in folk medicine.
Pale-green, glabrous, woody based shrublet, up to 70cm high. Stems erect, much branched, with internodes slightly swollen at joint. Leaves 1-foliolate or sometimes 2-foliolate in younger plants; leaflets fleshy, terete, or cylindrical, 1-2 cm long, on fleshy stalk, light or dark green or sometimes yellow, glossy. Stipules triangular, membranous. Flowers small, solitary at each node, peduncle short cylindrical. Sepals small, ovate. Petals 5, white, spathulate, 3-5mm long. Stamens protruding, exceeding the petals. Capsules soft, tubular, leaf-like, cylindrical, angled, 8-18mm long. Flowering time variable mostly from September to March.
Shallow sand and overlying saline regions. Very common all over the UAE: abundant along the Arabian Gulf coast, throughout western dunes and saline plains, and across the central desert.