Indigofera articulata Gouan Synonyms Indigofera argentea Common names Humeira, Indigofera glauca, Scarlet pea General Information Indigofera articulata is a shrub with branched stems that grows 50–120 cm tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and a dye—a source of ‘indigo’, one of the best-known and most used plant dyes.
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Planning for a sustainable food production will never be completed without camels. Camel is highly adapted livestock of the world’s most challenging ecosystems. Camel sustains human life in the climatic conditions where other type of livestock is hard to survive.
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Being a desert explorer and dunes’ hiker, I always come to know new and amazing facts, some I understand quickly and the others take time and help from other colleagues to understand. Here is a mystery, I have found broken eggs on the top of the sand dunes many times, not only this year but
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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Tribulus is a very important flora of the drylands of the world, especially the aridlands. It survives and sustains its race in the extremely harsh weathering conditions of its habitat/s. Its yellow flowers are very attractive and catch a lot of birds and insects resulting in more pollination. Not only valued as camel food and ethnomedicine but Tribulus is home to precious fauna of the Desert.
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