| Prosopis farcta (Banks & Sol.) J.F.Macbr., it is a subshrub or shrub, branches downy, slender, whitish, armed with pointed prickles, distributed on internodes. Leaf bipinnately compound, stipules lateral, free, 2-3 mm long, rachis 1.8-3.0 cm long, pinnae 3-5 pairs, c. 1.5-2.2 cm long, tip ending into a point, leaflets 9-13 pairs, petiole 1 mm, lamina c. 6 mm long, c. 1.5 mm broad, lanceolate, very oblique, margin entire, tip acute. Spike 6-10 cm long. Pedical 1 mm. Calyx c. 0.8 mm long, glabrous, teeth minute. Corolla c. 2 mm or more long. Pods oblique, oblong, 1.2-2.5 (-4.0) cm long, 1.2 (-2.3) cm thick, black, rugose, obtuse, contracted abruptly into the stalk; mesocarp pulpy. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in: Apr-Sept, Vern:—————-, Phytochoria: SA+IT or SSS, The native range of this species is N. Africa to Central Asia and India. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:515819-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/515819-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000212585, https://www.gbif.org/species/5358492, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/147782/prosopis-farcta-banks-sol-ex-russell-j-f-macbr, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/PROFAR/, http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Prosopisfarcta_page.htm, https://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Prosopis+farcta, https://idtools.org/fnwd/index.cfm?packageID=1097&entityID=2653, https://biodiversitycyprus.blogspot.com/2016/05/prosopis-farcta-banks-sol-j-f-macbr.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopis_farcta |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jufra area |
| Sokna Region 2021 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| El-Ahmir, S.M., Mahklouf, M.H., Azzu, Y.M. (2021) The First Record of A medicinal Plant Species Prosopis farcta (Banks & Sol) J.F.Macbr (Fabaceae; Mimosoideae) from Libya. Quest Journals Journal of Research in Agriculture and Animal Science Volume 8-Issue 6 (2021) pp: 39-43 ISSN (Online): 2321-9459. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sh-Hoob-El-Ahmir, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf | First Record Species Prosopis farcta (Banks & Sol) .J.F.Macbr 2021 |
