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  • COMMON NAME: Julman
  • ARABIC: شنان (شنانه)
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Seidlitzia rosmarinus Bge. ex Boiss.
  • SYNONYMS: Suaeda rosmarinus, Salsola rosmarinus.
  • FAMILY: CHENOPODIACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Ajman , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Fodder (F) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Succulent
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: sand accumulated at the base forms small hummocks. This plant is suitable for saline irrigation and is a promising landscape plant.
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/seidlitzia_rosmarinus.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seidlitzia_rosmarinus 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.
Extremely salt tolerant up to seawater level. Low forage value. Dried and powdered leaves were used by bedu as a soup substitute.

Dwarf shrb, glabrous up to 60 cm high. stems much branched from the base, lower internodes longer than upper. Branches opposite, whitish, glossy. Leaves 0.5-3 cm long, opposite, succulent, linear, thickening towards apex, club-shaped, obtuse. Flowers clustered 2-3 (-5) opposite in fleecy leaf axils. Stamens 5 exerted. Style minute, stigma 2. Fruiting perianth 0.8-1.2 cm in diameter including wings, wings unequal. Seed horizontal, black.  

Flowering from October to December.
saline places, sandy soil near sea shores.
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