Desert is home to many, diverse, and very beautiful floral species, highly adapted to the desert ecosystems.
Brassicaceae (Mustard) is found in almost all the desert/drylands, i.e. Sahara, ME, Arabia, Persia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. We have some very fresh information about the Eremobium aegyptiacum, a large family with an interesting and beautiful flowering of 4 petals.
The annual Brassicaceae erupted after a shower in the Arabian desert ???`??! Read More »
Some botanical basic facts about the Tetraena qatarensis synonym Zygophyllum qatarense with common name as Harm, Hadidi and Tulin. Found in Arabia, Persia and the ME.
Some basic botanical facts about Tetraena qatarensis Read More »
The shrub is a key flora of the desert, an option hope for the desert revitalization and enriching drylands with the dark green flora. It guarantees food for the livestock, animals and wildlife in the desert ecosystems. It can be a very good and round the year flowering flora for the lawns in the urban areas. The herbal value can be a pharmacy in the future. The traditional practitioners recommend it feeding the camels before work or race. Please help me in identifying (further details, especially native traditional knowledge) and supporting my research work as it is for the wellbeing of desert, livestock, and humanity. Though I have found some information from native ethnoecologists and google but I still need help to sort it out.
The Desert’s Gift -Heliotropium bacciferum (Rimram or Ramram in Arabic) Read More »
Zygophylum qatarense is really a unique flora with almost 0 % water loss. It absorb moisture from the atmosphere and the scatter roots in the sands absorb moisture from the due in the cooler hours of the night. I call this plant as water trap in the desert. The plant redirect or reabsorb the moisture of the transpiration with the help of the tiny hairs. This plants is really very strange and unique. It is called as Harram in Arabic.
Each flora and fauna on the earth is precious, only our understanding needs to be deepenS and widens about such genetic biodiversity. I collect some knowledge from my desert exploration walk and happy to share with the reader. Here is a photostory about the Calotropis plant from Alain, UAE.
Calotropis Plant, a Desert Beauty and a Future Hope Read More »
