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  • COMMON NAME: Heliotrope
  • ARABIC: عقربانه
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Heliotropium lasiocarpum Fisch et C.A. Meyer.
  • SYNONYMS: H. europaeum L. var. tenuiflorum Boiss., H. tenuifolium Bunge.
  • FAMILY: BORAGINACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M)
  • 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://flora.org.il/plants/HELLAI/ M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Tea from leaves drunk to treat pain in liver and as an emetic.
Similar to H.europaeum L. but the plant often pale green. Flowers in dense spikes, 2-ranked. Calyx lobes lanceolate, with a rather wide base subpatent in fruit, tips often slightly incurved. Stigma conical, usually papillose or hairy. Fruit densely hairy, rugose. Flowering from January to April.
Sandy soil, fields and roadsides.
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