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  • COMMON NAME: Giallonia
  • ARABIC: خرمان
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Plocama aucheri (Guill.) M. Backlund & Thulin.
  • SYNONYMS: Gaillonia aucheri
  • FAMILY: RUBIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Apiculture (A)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Wadi Gulley Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production. Wadi Wurayah National Park (WWNP).
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. Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77080029-1/images Gary R. Feulner. 2014. The Flora of Wadi Wurayah National Park Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
Moderately salt tolerant, used in folk medicine. Honey nectar plants.
Woody, white-silver shrub, up to 1 meter high, with unpleasant smell, much branched, with thick, woody base; ends of branches sharp pointed or spinescent. Leaves opposite or in threes, dark-green, linear or needle-like, 0.5-1.5 cm long. Flowers small, axillary and terminal, with white petals, calyx with long, white hairs. Fruits tiny, surrounded by long feather-like hairs. Flowering from March-June.
Wadis, hillsides and sandy gravely soil.
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