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  • COMMON NAME: Egyptian clover, berseem clover.
  • ARABIC: قرط
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Trifolium resupinatum L.
  • SYNONYMS: Amoria resupinata (L.) Roskov, Xerosphaera resupinata (L.) Soják.
  • FAMILY: FABACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Fodder (F) Apiculture (A)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production.
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:523627-1/images V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Forage. Honey nectar plants.
Annual, erect or ascending herb, up to 45 cm high, glabrescent, branched from the base or above. Stipules 4-8 mm long, ovate, acuminate, entire. Leaves trifoliate, subsessile above and with petioles 2-3 cm long below; leaflets 5-10 mm long, obovate, serrulate, mucronate. Peduncles about as long as or longer than leaves. Inflorescence hemispherical (globose in fruit), 1-1.5 (-2.5) cm in diameter, terminal and axillary. Flowers 4-6 mm long, sessile, with small scarious bracts. Calyx inflated in fruit, 5-10 mm long, nearly glabrous. Corolla pink to reddish or purple. Pod ovoid enveloped by the inflated calyx. Seeds ovoid, brown. Flowering from March-May.
Coastal regions and feilds.
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