| Cleome brachycarpa Vahl ex DC., it is an annual herb, spreading and branched, up to 30 cm. tall. Stems beset with short stiff glandular hairs. Sepals elliptic-lanceolate, 2–3 mm. long, usually glandular. Inflorescence racemose with a gradual transition from leaves to leafy bracts. Capsules 3–8 mm. long, 2–3 mm. Seeds 0.5–0.8 mm in diameter, dark maroon-brown. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in:———–, Vern:—————, Phytochoria: SZ+SA+SS , The native range of this species is Cape Verde to NW. India. Notes: Wild in Libya, a rare species, growing on stony sandy mounds of Tibesti area, a nauseating smelling plant sometimes grazed by sheep and goats.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146948-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/146948-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000611160, https://www.gbif.org/species/3871329, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250063287, http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=14&id=3940#, https://efloraofindia.com/2013/09/16/cleome-brachycarpa/, https://research.uaeu.ac.ae/en/publications/evaluation-of-antioxidant-activity-of-cleome-brachycarpa-vahl-ex- |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Tibesti area |
| Reported from Tibesti by Ozenda and Kieth |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Capparaceae Vol. (12) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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