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Latin (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 species:

Fagonia arabica L.

Fagonia mollis Del.

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