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Arabian Boxthorn (Lycium shawii), AWSAJ in Arabic

4 Comments / Desert Flora, Desertpedia, Floral Biodiversity /

Lycium shawii is highly adapted to desert ecosystems. The thin-leaved, rigid bush grows up to 3 meters (9.8 feet) high, with a lot of branches and alternating spines that vary in size, and grow along the branches and on their tips. The leaves narrow towards their base. It produces small whitish-pink or purple flowers from Sep to Apr. The fruit is small red pea-sized (seedy berries), edible, and used as herbal medicine as well. The flora like to be the neighbor of Acacia tortillas and Prosopis cineraria to climb and thrive better.

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Haloxyllon and Leptadenia as a live wall

Native VS the Exotic Flora – Conserve Nature and Enrich Your Ecosystem

7 Comments / biodiversity, Desertpedia /

very important role can be fodder production for the camels and other livestock. The stalk trimmed for beautification can be a very good camel feed. The municipility like Abu Dhabi can produce thousands of tons of fodder for camels annualy and can save a huge volume of import expences

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A robber fly is sucking the nectar of the The flower of Tetraena qatarensis.

Macro flower photography of the Tetraen qatarensis with beautiful wildlife

4 Comments / Desert Flora, Desertpedia, Tetraena qatarensis /

I’m sharing some macro photography about the tiny wildlife serving and living in the Tetraena qatarensis. In the pictures, you will see beautiful flowers, flies, robber flies, and other tiny creatures. You will be able to see the close view of the complete flowers, stigma, pistil, and the maturing fruits of the shrub. With each image, there is some brief information that can help you understand the purpose of the picture.

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A flowering beautiful Helitropium bacciferum

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

8 Comments / Desert Explorer, Desert Flora, Desert Floral Diversity, Desertflora, Desertpedia, Ethnoecology, United Arab Emirates /

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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Heliotropium bassiferum

Science of nature is based on exploration of the natural world

3 Comments / Desert Flora, Desertpedia, United Arab Emirates /

Sometimes, I really get tired and stressed when unable to solve my academic question, the question from my academy – the desert. I have been coming through such a situation from time to time. I found this flora many times and knew that it is a great source of salts for the camel and the camels really love it. In Arabic it is called RIMRAM, the traditional practitioners recommend it feeding the camels before work or race. Here are the pictures in the gallery, please help me in identifying and supporting my research work as it is for the wellbeing of desert, livestock, and humanity. Though I have found some information from google I still need help to sort it out.

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