| Arbutus pavarii Pamp , it is an evergreen shrub or small tree, growing up to 1.5–3 m (sometimes up to 6 m). The trunk and branches have red-brown, plaque-like bark that flakes off into small pieces. Young branches have bristly hair. The leaves, leathery and shiny on the upper surface, are oval or oblong-lanceolate in shape, measuring from 4 to 11 cm in length and from 1.5 to 4 cm in width. The leaf margin is almost entire, finely toothed. The petiole is 4–10 mm long. The inflorescences are terminal, with hanging panicles. Individual flowers are located below the axillary attachment of a supporting bract and are 2–3 mm long. The calyx, about 1 mm long, is naked and has five triangular-oval lobes. The inverted crown is creamy white to pink, jug-shaped, about 8 mm long, with five curved lobes, only 0.7–1 mm long. The fruit is spherical, with a diameter of 15 to 20 mm, fleshy, at first yellow or orange, then deep crimson or scarlet, with an irregular and warty surface and with many seeds in each compartment. The seeds measure 3.5 × 2 mm, have a pear shape, with a brown and grooved surface. Life Form: Ph, Flowering in: Oct-Apr, Vern: Shmeri, Phytochoria: Endemic, The native range of this species is NE. Libya. Notes: Wild, Endemic in Libya, medicinal plant, Endangered Plant in Libya
Libyan Strawberry Tree Arbutus pavarii has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2021. Arbutus pavarii is listed as Near Threatened under criteria A2c. For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326496-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/326496-1, https://www.gbif.org/species/176816051, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/142853/arbutus-pavarii-pamp, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/30323/199350094, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbutus_pavarii, https://lwt.ly/1780/, https://www.srcest.org.ly/jou/paper/1594082433728.pdf, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11676-016-0263-9 |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| (5 km) E. of Tocra, Wadi El-Kauf, (15 km) E. of El-Merj to Baida,Wadi El-Hussaien, along the costa road Ras El-Hilal-Shahat, Taknis 1967 (5 km) W. of Baida, Shahat to Susa, Wadi Qala a above Ras El-Hilal 1970 Taknis 1973 (35 km) beyond Baida, Wadi Mahbool 1975 Al-Ghareeb, (10 km) before Baida, Ras El-Hilal 1977 El-kouf area 1984 Wadi Al-Agar 1999 Wadi Zaza 2003 El-Hamamah to Biada 2003 Al-Bakur 2007 Wadi (Valley) Stowah region 2007 Gebel Akhder 2009 Wadi El-Akar, Wadi Algharega, Qandulah, Al-Marj-Al-Baida motorway, Wadi El-Kouf 2011 Wadi El-Shees 2014 Wadi El-Kouf 2014 Between Labrag and Shahat 2014 Al-Baida, Zawet Al-Arqub, Wadi Al-Zaqzub, Al-Hania 2014 Wadi Haboon 2015 Gebel Akhder 2015 Wadi Belkaf-Bata 2016 Derisia (Talmeta), Tocra-Al-Bakur, Barce, Shahat-Susa, Susa-Derna, Tocra-Wadi El-Akar El-Merj, Wadi El-Kouf, Marawa-El-Merj, El-Baida-Shahat Slonta, Wadi El-Gharega 2016 Wadi Al-Agar 2017 Al-Marj-Al-Baida, El-Beida, Shahat 2016, 2017, 2018 Susah, Shahat, Sidi Ahmad Al-Hemery, Al-Marj-Al-Baida motorway, El-Beida (Belghra), Wadi El-Kouf 2017 Sidi Al-Hamri, Habun (Ain Al-Shallala), Balghara, Maibra 2017 Wadi Zaza, Wadi Jarjar-Omma, Wadi Ras Al-Hilal 2017 Wadi Butuma, Al-Tayes, Wadi Al-Aesh, Wadi Kaab 2018 Wadi Om-El-Amaym 2019 From Zawiet Tamula to Al-Manarh, From Lustata to Beshtaya 2019 Al-Abiar (Sidi Amohamed forest) 2020 Al-Teneen area northwest of Al-Marj 2020 Ain Mara 2020 Wadi Al-Kouf 2021 Al-Mansura to Settia 2021 Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar 2021 |
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