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  • COMMON NAME: croton
  • ARABIC: تنوم
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Chrozophora plicata (Vahl) Ad. Juss. ex Spreng.
  • SYNONYMS: Croton plicatus Vahl, Tournesol plicata (Vahl) Kuntze.
  • FAMILY: EUPHORBIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Sharjah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • 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:60464929-2/images
Annual, prostrate or ascending, dichotomous, densely woolly herb, branched from the base. Leaves 2-5 cm broad, plicate, range from ovate and sinuate-toothed or entire to broadly rounded and lobed. Petiole equaling or exceeding the blade. Capsule densely stellate-tomentose, without silvery scales. Seeds small, smooth. Flowering in summer.
sandy soil and gravel.
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