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  • COMMON NAME: Pentatropis
  • ARABIC: عليق، شنتوب
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Pentatropis spiralis (Forssk.) Decne.
  • SYNONYMS: Asclepias spiralis Forssk., Blyttia spiralis (Forssk.)
  • FAMILY: ASCLEPIADACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Gulley Slope (Rocky) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
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://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pentatropis-spiralis#:~:text=Pentatropis%20spiralis%20%28Forssk.%29%20Decne.%20is%20the%20name%20of,following%20synonyms%3A%20Asclepias%20spiralis%20Forssk.%2C%20Blyttia%20spiralis%20%28Forssk.%29 https://www.treknature.com/gallery/photo233846.htm
Perennial, twining herbs, 1-2 meters, with watery sap, more or less glabrous. Stem slender, green. Leaves 2-4 cm long, 5-15 mm wide, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at base, short-petiolate. Flowers greenish in lateral umbellate cymes. Peduncles slender, 5-8 mm long, slightly hairy. Calyx deeply divided, segments 1-2 mm long, ovate, accuminate. Corolla divided near base; lobes 8-15 mm long, narrowly linear from a broadened base. Corona lobes 1-2 mm long, arising above the base of the staminal column. Follicles 4-7 cm long, lanceolate, tapering to a beak, glabrous, smooth. Seeds 3-4 mm long, ovate, flattened. Flowering from October to January.
Sandy, rocky places and hillsides, mostly climbing on bushes and field-fences.