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  • COMMON NAME: Cleome pallida Kotschy
  • ARABIC: صفراوي، صفير، علقة
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Dipterygium glaucum Decne.
  • SYNONYMS: D. scabrum Decne.
  • FAMILY: CAPPARACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Apiculture (A)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production. Common in the UAE, especially around Al-Ain. Much grazed by livestock. Also, a preferred feeding plant of the rare and endangered houbara bustard (as shown by analysis of the bird's droppings).
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.floraofqatar.com/dipterygium_glaucum.htm V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. 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.
Honey nectar plants. Low to medium salinity tolerance. Used to treat respiratory diseases.

Perennial, shrublet, glabrous or sometimes glandular, yellowish-green, erect to 70 cm high. stems mostly branched from a woody base. Leaves alternate, often small, 0.5-1.5 cm long, 2-5 mm wide, linear or oblong, obtuse, tapering towards base to a 1-2 mm long petiole, sometimes deciduous. Flowers 3-5 mm long, solitary, or in axillary or terminal racemes. Pedicels 1-2 mm long. Petals 4, yellow. Fruit 3-8 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, obovate, nut-like, wrinkled, winged.  

Flowering from April-June.
Desert plant, mostly on deep sands, also on saline sand.
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