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  • COMMON NAME: Sickle spurge
  • ARABIC: مالبين، (ملبينه)
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Euphorbia flacata L.
  • SYNONYMS: Esula falcata (L.) Haw., Euphorbia falcata var. genuina Maire, Galarhoeus falcatus (L.) Prokh, Keraselma falcatum (L.) Raf. , Tithymalus falcatus (L.) Klotzsch & Garcke
  • FAMILY: EUPHORBIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Gulley Slope (Rocky)
  • 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:332094-2#synonyms https://floradelmatese.blogspot.com/2016/05/euphorbia-falcata-l.html
Annual, 10-30 cm high, glabrous, somewhat glaucous, usually much-branched from the base, erect or ascending. Cauline leaves obovate to oblanceolate, spathulate, obtuse, tapered to the base, entire, up to 2 cm long, upper leaves of the pseudoumbel 3-5 rayed, several times forked. Glands rounded or 2-horned. Capsule ovoid, about 2 mm across, smooth. Seeds ovoid-quadrangular, transversely 4-6 grooved. Flowering from February to April.
Rocky hillsides and valleys.
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