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Brassica juncea (L.) Czern., it is an annual herb , (20-)30-100(-180) cm tall, pubescent or rarely glabrous, glaucous or not, sometimes with fleshy taproots. Stems erect, branched above. Basal and lowermost cauline leaves long petiolate; petiole (1-)2-8(-15) cm., Life Form: Th  ,   Flowering in: Jun-Jul   ,   Vern:  ——–,   Phytochoria: Cosm  , The native range of this species is Caucasus.,  Notes: Introduced in Libya. It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.

For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60442520-2,  https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000571186,  https://www.gbif.org/species/3042751, http://agroatlas.ru/en/content/weeds/Brassica_juncea/index.html,   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_juncea,  https://www.asia-medicinalplants.info/brassica-juncea-l-czern/, https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.91760

 

Distribution in Libya
Al-Jabal Al-Akhder
Sidi Abu-Ras 2016

 

Bibliographic references:  
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:  
Ali, S.I. & Jafri, S.M.H. (1977) Flora of Libya, Brassicaceae Vol. (23) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: pdf files
El-Zerbi, A. K. & Al-Aib, M.A. (2017) Study of vegetation cover in Sidi Bouras region, Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya. Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering JESE, VOL. 1, No. 1, January 2017. (In Arabic) http://jese.uoa.edu.ly/JESE_V1N1/JESE_V1N1P11.pdf سيدي ابو راس 2017_compressed