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  • COMMON NAME: Seablite
  • ARABIC: مليح، سويد، إخريط
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Suaeda vermiculata Forsskal ex J.F. Gmel.
  • SYNONYMS: Suaeda monodiana
  • FAMILY: AMARANTHACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Succulent
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: This plant is suitable for saline irrigation and 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. 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:167589-1 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 salinity level. Ornamental use in coastal areas. Smoke of burning stems inhaled to relieve asthma.
Large, dark-green, fleshy shrub, glabrous below but papillose-hirsute in upper younger parts, up to 100cm high. Stem non-jointed, divaricately branching from the base. Leaves about 1.5cm long and 0.5cm broad, subsessile, succulent, the lower obovate-oblong, the upper ovoid or globular, when dry becoming black. Flowers solitary, or 2-3 in a cluster, forming short leafy spikes. Flowers bisexual, shorter than bracts. Fruiting perianth small ovoid lobes, connivent. Stigmas 3. Seeds vertical, not beaked, shiny. Flowering from October to December.
On both coastal regions, saline places.
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