| Cullen plicatum (Delile) C.H.Stirt. / Homotypic Synonyms: Psoralea plicata Delil, it is an undershrub, 30-60 cm tall, with stem velvet-hairy and scantily glandular dotted. Leaves are trifoliolate, leaf-stalk 5-13 mm long, end leaflet 1.2-2.5 cm long, oblong, the lateral ones 5-12 mm long, obovate, both irregularly wavy, velvet-hairy and gland-dotted on both sides. Flowers are borne in racemes, about 5-10 cm long, flowers solitary or in fascicles of 2-3, flower-stalk 1-2 mm long. Flowers about 5 mm long, ellipsoid, densely velvet-hairy, enclosed in the enlarging sepal-cup. Bracts 1-2 mm long. Sepal-cup 3.5 mm long, velvet-hairy, teeth shorter than the tube. Life Form: N.Ph, Flowering in: Jan-Feb, Vern: ————-, Phytochoria: SS+ S. Africa, The native range of this species is Sahara to NW. India, S. Africa. Notes: Wild in Libya, in dried valley bed, soil sandy gravelly, medicinal plant.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:908582-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/908582-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000186161, https://www.gbif.org/species/2948948, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/67021/cullen-plicatum-delile-c-h-stirt, http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Fragrant%20Scurfy%20Pea.html, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/fabaceae/cullen-plicatum, https://www.floraofqatar.com/psoralea_plicata.htm |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Al-Qibla area | Ghat area |
| Wadis South of Mizda 2013 | Uweinat area 1979 Ghat (Between Acacus and Tassili Mountains) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012 |
| 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 |
| Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) | |
| Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A.(2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://bit.ly/42hptsN, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799 | plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya 2012 |
| Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) |
