Distribution in Egypt
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Galala desert, North Sinai.
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Habitat
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Life Expectancy
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Description
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Perennial, 50-100 cm tall, glabrous, erect herb. Branches divaricate, striate, basal shoots spreading, upper ones ascending. Leaves pinnately bifoliolate, petiole 12-15(-20) mm long, somewhat flattened; stipules ovate-elliptic, 5-10 mm long; leaflets obovate-oblong, 15-26 mm long, 10-18 mm broad, oblique at the base, obtuse or retuse at the apex. Flowers yellowish, c. 10 mm across; pedicels spreading, c. 6-8 mm long. Sepals 5, oblong or somewhat ovate-elliptic, 6-7 mm long, 3.5-4.5 mm broad, obtuse, margin membranous. Petals 5, obovate, as long and broad as sepals, apex obtuse or slightly retuse, orange red at the base. Stamens with 10-12 mm long filaments, scales linear-oblong, lacerate, c. 5 mm long, orange-red, papillate. Carpels 5; ovary c. 4 mm long, 5-angled, 5-loculed, locules multiovulate; style as long as ovary. Capsule oblong-cylindric, becoming pendulous, 20-35 mm long, 4-6 mm broad, glabrous. Seeds oblong, compressed, c. 3 mm long, tuberculate, shining.
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Description
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Herbs, perennial, 30-80 cm tall. Roots thick. Stems much branched, woody at basal parts, spreading to prostrate, smooth. Stipules ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate, 4-10 mm, connate on basal stems, distinct and smaller on apical stems. Leaves with 2 leaflets; petiole shorter than leaflets; leaflet blades obovate to oblong-obovate, 1.5-3.3 × 0.6-2 cm, thick, apex rounded. Flower axillary. Pedicel 4-10 mm. Sepals ovate to elliptic, 6-8 × 3-4 mm, margin white and membranous, apex obtuse. Petals basally orangish red and apically white, obovate, as long as sepals. Stamens longer than petals, 1.1-1.2 cm; appendages oblong, half as long as anthers. Capsule oblong to cylindric, 2-3.5 × 0.4-0.5 cm, pendulous, with 5 ridges. Seeds numerous, ca. 3 × 2 mm, surface with dots. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 22, 28.
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Distribution
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Distribution: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Romania, Russia, Arabia, North Africa and naturalized in Spain, France and Sardinia.
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Flower/Fruit
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Fl. Per.: May-September.
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Habitat & Distribution
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Alluvial plains, oases, wet sand, wastelands. NW Gansu, W Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Xinjiang [Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, Turkmenistan; N Africa, W Asia, SE Europe].
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Synonym
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Zygophyllum fabago subsp. dolichocarpum Popov; Z. fabago subsp. orientale Borissova.
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Zygophyllum fabago
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Zygophyllum fabago is a species of plant known by the common name Syrian bean-caper. It is considered a noxious weed of economic importance in much of the western United States. It is native to Asia and East Europe (Russia and Ukraine) and Southeast Europe (Romania).[1]
Growth
The Syrian bean-caper grows long, thin stems with few oval-shaped, fleshy, waxy green leaflets each 2 to 3 centimeters in length. The flowers are small, compact bunches of five petals each with prominent stamens. The flowers have a taste and scent similar to caper. It grows in masses of individual plants, forming colonies, especially in dry, gravelly, saline, or disturbed areas where other plant life is rare.
Characteristics
The plant has invasive potential due to its long taproot which, even if fragmented, can produce a new plant, as well as the hardy wax coating on its leaves that tends to protect it from herbicides.
Chemical constituents
It contains about 0.002% harmine (entire plant).[2]
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Zygophyllum fabago: Brief Summary
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Zygophyllum fabago is a species of plant known by the common name Syrian bean-caper. It is considered a noxious weed of economic importance in much of the western United States. It is native to Asia and East Europe (Russia and Ukraine) and Southeast Europe (Romania).
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