Fagonia
bruguieri DC.
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(Botanical) name: Fagonia bruguieri DC. Family: Zygophyllaceae Common
name: Shawka, Shuweika, Abo-hereiba, Burkan, Janb, Gamd, Gamda, Gemda,
Shibreeq, Shobrooq, Aqool el-ghazaal, Halwa, Helwa el-gamal, Haad, Shoakaan,
Showeika. Origin:
Egypt Plant
description: ZYGOPHYLLACEAE R. Br. Stipules transformed
into spines FAGONIA L. Perennial or annual, pubescent to glabrous shrubs and
herbs. Leaves compound tri-or unifoliolate ; stipules conspicuous, frequently
transformed into spines. Flowers pink to rose, 5-fid, stamens 10 without
appendages. Fruit a pyramidal, 5-carpelled capsule. Seeds flat, oblong with
foveolate-punctate testa. Lower leaves tri-, upper unifoliolate, spines
longer than leaves. Leaflets flat. Capsule up to 4 mm. across, calyx
persistent. Spines and internodes short, plant pubescent. FAGONIA BRUGUIERI
DC.: Procumbent, pale green, pubescent plant, up to 20 cm. high. Internodes
short, 4-angled and sulcate, spines patent, slightly recurved. Flowers small,
8mm. across. Capsule 4 mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, with persistent calyx. (Per.). Source:
STUDENTS’ FLORA OF EGYPT second edition, by VIVI TÄCKHOLM, D. Sc. (Stockholm)
Professor of Systematic Botany, Faculty of Science, Cairo University.
Published by Cairo University. Printed by COOPERATIVE PRINTING COMPANY
Beirut, 1974. Propagation:
Fruits (seeds), annual herb or perennial shrub in Upper Egypt. Similar
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