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  • COMMON NAME: Toothed Medick
  • ARABIC: نفل، قرط
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Medicago polymorpha L.
  • SYNONYMS: M. hispida, M.denticulata.
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Ras-Al-Khaimah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Gulley Slope (Stony)
  • TYPES: Annual
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://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60465997-2/images
Glabrous, annual herb, 10-30 cm high. Stem procumbent or ascending, branching from base. Stipules 5-10 mm long, laciniate. Leaves trifoliate, with long petiole; leaflets obovate to obcordate, serrate and emarginate at the apex, 5-15 mm long, 5-8 mm broad. Inflorescence racemes, many flowered (3-6 on each peduncle), yellow. Bracts minute, acuminate, nearly equaling the pedicels, membranous. Calyx 2-4 mm long, glabrous or slightly hairy. Corolla yellow, 4-6 mm long. Pod falt-discoid, 4-8 mm in diameter, spirally coiled, coils 2-4 with strongly natted veined and grooved margin, with 2-rows of hooked prickles. Seeds small, ovate, smooth. Flowering from February to April.
Farms, gardens and stony hills.
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