Desertflora

Calitropis is an attraction

Calotropis procera — A Desert’s Silk, a Healer’s Ally and a Future Hope

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Introduction Amid the stark, wind-swept landscapes of arid regions, the shrub Calotropis procera stands out—its broad, waxy grey-green leaves, pale lilac to white flowers, and floating silk-laden seed pods capturing both the eye and the imagination. Known locally in many desert zones as Spelmi in Pashtu, Akk in Urdu and oshar in Arabic, this plant […]

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A flowering beautiful Helitropium bacciferum

The Desert’s Gift -Heliotropium bacciferum (Rimram or Ramram in Arabic)

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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.

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Dipterygium glaucum ????????R

Dipterygium glaucum ????????R, A Plant that is Liked such as Icecream by Camels and Goats

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Dipterygium glaucum is highly liked by camels, it is rich nutritional value as well as used as a herbal source of medicine. The camel loves the plant especially when it is in flowering and seeding stages. I think they like it in these stages because of the aroma and the high protein contents of flowers and seeds respectively. The plants are very strong, powerful to resist the winds of the desert. The multiple branches make it stronger and a source of protection for different insects and reptiles.

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