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  • COMMON NAME: Calthrops
  • ARABIC: قطب، زهر
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Tribulus arabicus Hosni
  • SYNONYMS: Tribulus macropterus var. arabicus (Hosni) Hemaid & Jac.Thomas
  • FAMILY: ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Apiculture (A)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production.
https://www.fujairahobserver.com/2020/09/19/flower-of-the-day-tribulus-omanense/ https://www.flowerdeliveryuae.ae/blog/everything-you-need-to-know-about-national-flower-of-uae-tribulus-omanense/ https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:873398-1 https://www.eurekaselect.com/article/78947 V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. 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.
Mostly used specific components as medicine. Have significant antioxidant potential. Honey nectar plants.
Perennial, stems branching from base, prostrate or spreading, up to 70 cm, densely hairy. Leaves grey-green, opposite, one leaf half the size of the other, 0.8-3.5 cm long, 8-16 oblong leaflets with pointed tip, leaflets 0.2-0.4 * 0.4-0.8 cm. Flowers solitary, yellow, 1.5-2 cm across, 5 petals, 5 sepals, on 1 cm long stalk from leaf nodes. Fruit densely hairy, c.1 cm across, with 5 unequal wings, c. 0.25 cm broad, shallowly toothed edge. Fruits along underside of stems. Flowering from March-April.
Stable sand, sandy plains.
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