| Calobota saharae (Coss. & Durieu) Boatwr. & B.-E.van Wyk / Homotypic Synonyms: Spartidium saharae (Coss. & Durieu) Pomel, it is a shrub up to 1-2 m lall, almost leafless, branched with elongated, striated. ± rigid branches. Leaves simple, caduceus, glabrescent. Flowers in lax, terminal racemes, yellow, pedicellate, 1 cm long, pedicels 24 mm, capillary, often reserved at apices, deflexed in fruit. Calyx 3-4 mm long, campanulate, 5-dentate with short. ± triangular teeth, glabrous, standard recurved, c. as long as the keel. Pods 25-50 11×10 mm. flat, compressed, wilh thickened sutures and somewhat membranous valves. glabrous, oblong, few-seeded. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in:————–, Vern:—————— , Phytochoria: SA, The native range of this species is N. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77100904-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/77100904-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000743469, https://www.gbif.org/species/4929856, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/224714/calobota-saharae-coss-dur-boatwr-b–e-van-wyk, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/fabaceae/calobota-saharae |
| Distribution in Libya |
| N.W. arid or desert areas of Libya |
| Jabal Nafusa |
| Nafousa 1971 (20 km) from Al Nagaza 1972 Msallata-Garaboulli Province 2020 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1980) Flora of Libya, Fabaceae Vol. (86) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Mahklouf, M.H., Sherif, A.S., Betelmal, A.G. (2020) Floristic Study and Species Diversity of Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya. J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 7 / Issue 3 ISSN: 2348-7313. Journal homepage: http://scienceq.org/Journals/JABZ.php, https://bit.ly/3LgL0KQ, https://scienceq.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/JABZV7I304.pdf | Msallata-Garaboulli Province in Libya 2020 |
